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.

In early 1967, Wang Hongwen, acting according to the plot of Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan, seized the Party and government power in Shanghai, stirring up the storm of the so-called �January Revolution�. After that, �rebels� in various places rose to take over the power of local Party and government organizations. Armed fighting took place in many areas.