AN Illustrated History of the Communist Party of China-china.org.cn

A translation of Manifesto of the Communist Party was published in Shanghai.

Eighth Route Army soldiers celebrating victory on the Great Wall.

Mao Zedong went to Chongqing to talk with the Kuomintang government.

Private handicraftsmen turned to the socialist path by way of cooperatives.

Workers of the Daqing Oilfield at work.

A village-level organization signing a contract with peasants.

On September 25, 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, upon and invitation, arrived on a visit to China. On September 29, the two governments issued a joint communiqué, declaring the end of the abnormal relations between the two countries and the establishment of formal diplomatic relations. Mao Zedong is shown here meeting with Kakuei Tanaka in Beijing on September 27.