Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Anti-American Art: BFF?


Here's a 1966 Chinese poster promoting solidarity with the Vietnamese resistance to the United States. A camouflaged guerrilla fighter gathers the weapons and helmets of American soldiers as his comrades in the background celebrate the downing of an American plane. There's an interesting, if pro-U.S., account of Chinese support for North Vietnam--which was massive--during the war over at Military History Online. Of course by the late 1970s Vietnam and China fought each other in a short but bloody border war as Vietnam dislodged Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia.

2 comments:

  1. The Chinese reads:

    "The longer the Vietnamese fight, the stronger they get, determined to fight the American invaders until victory!

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