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L'existence de l'impérialisme ne sera plus bien longue ("The days of imperialism are numbered"). A compelling example of Chinese Cultural Revolution propaganda in French, printed in comparatively small numbers. The quote encapsulates the strong anti-imperialist tone of Chinese propaganda in the 1960s as Beijing looked to paint both the United States and the Soviet Union as two aggressors antithetical to world progress.Originally published in Chairman Mao Tse-tung's Important Talks with Guests from Asia, Africa, and Latin America (Foreign Languages Press, 1960) but not included in the "Little Red Book", this quote is a classic example of Mao's belief in the inevitable direction of world affairs. Uttered in a 1959 meeting with delegates from Iraq, Iran and Cyprus, Mao's words can only have appeared more prescient as anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and decolonizing liberation movements grew in intensity during the 1960s.By distributing posters such as the present item, Peking Foreign Languages Press deepened China's ideological offensive abroad with the twin goal of stoking opposition to America and drowning out the Soviet Union's rival brand of communism. Beginning in the late 1950s, private and then public cracks appeared in the socialist world, with Mao's China becoming increasing opposed to the policy direction of the Soviet Union. In particular, China's leaders privately and then openly expressed opposition to Moscow's interventions in Eastern Europe in the 1950s to prop up

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