All 1968's Monthly Issues Of CHINESE LITERATURE, a Rare Collectable Magazine

  

Here is an ultra-rare collection of every monthly issue of the English-language Chinese Magazine, CHINESE LITERATURE, from the key year of 1968. In China, 1968 was a year of upheaval and consolidation. Upheaval because the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was in full swing, with young Red Guards rooting out "class enemies" and those not actively promoting Communist ideology, especially the ideas of Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.

Also, it was a time of consolidation in China as Mao expanded and deepened his control of the Military, the Communist Party, and other institutions of power and authority. Throughout the world there were major upheavals and significant events. In Vietnam, the Vietnam War continued with a huge psychological setback for the U.

Military with the surprise Tet Offensive. Throughout the remainder of The world there were revolutionary movements, massive strikes and upheavals, especially in Europe. In the United States, 1968 saw the violent deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 was a momentous year.

The events and trends in China during that time are portrayed in the art works, stories and poetry of 1968's monthly issues of CHINESE LITERATURE. CHINESE LITERATURE was started as a quarterly magazine in 1951 by a group of artists, writers and translators, including Sidney Shapiro, an expat American from Brooklyn who became a Chinese citizen, and a member of the Chinese Communist Party. The mission of the magazine was to bring stories, poetry and art of China to the world in the various major languages spoken outside of China. Later, the magazine became a monthly. Past issues from the early years of the magazine's history.

Are rare and highly valued.