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Distro - 2008: 60th Anniversary Of The Communist Blockade Of Beijing During The Chinese Civil War. December 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 

60th Anniversary Of The Communist Blockade Of Beijing During The Chinese Civil War

From July 1946, China was torn apart by civil war between the Communist forces of MAO TSE-TUNG and the Nationalist forces (Kuomintang) of General TCHANG KAI CHEK. Slowly the Communists gained terrain and in December of 1948 they took siege of Peking.

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. As the morning mists clear over... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Worried families gather to look... 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A bewildered old man searches... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. The Forbidden City in the morning... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. In one of the courtyards of the... 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Each morning at dawn these men... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. During the last days of the Nationalist... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. The Forbidden City in the morning... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Reading newspapers. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. This impervious old man at the... 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A merchant and a client greet... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A tea-house, before the Communists... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Open-air market. 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. The Forbidden City. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Street of antique dealers. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A eunuch of the Imperial court... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Final days of the Kuomintang.... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Itinerant dealer, he sells Chinese... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Procession of an old fashion wedding.... 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Funeral. 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Funeral procession. 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A few days before the arrival... 
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