With the 65th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China just passed, China seems to have come a long way: from a war-struck third-world communist country to “the world’s largest economy“. Throughout the years, the state has been known to guide and motivatite the masses via propaganda posters and slogans, such as iconic images of workers throwing their fists into the air. In light of the anniversary, a “65 Years’ of State Campaign Slogans” has went viral in the Chinese virtual world, and reminded Chinese of various bits of bitter and somewhat buried history, foreign relations, glorified past events, as well as how much the nation has developed.

Via hbtkp.com.

1949: The Chinese people have stood up 中国人民站起来了 (The founding of PRC)

1950: Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Protect Our Homes and Defend our Motherland 抗美援朝，保家卫国 (The North Korean War)

1951: Firmly crack down on counterrevolutionaries 坚决镇压反革命 （Background: Mao Zedong’s campaign of cracking down on “counterrevolutionaries” during 1950 and 1951. Nearly 16 million people were charged with that crime, and over 873,600 people were executed.)

1952: Three Anti and Five Anti 三反五反 （A political campaign targeting the curruption and bureaucracy in governmental sections and illegal operations in enterprises during 1951 and 1952. It ended up with severe poverty and extensive unemployment nationwide.)

1953: The General Line of the Party is the lighthouse that shines on all our work 总路线是照耀我们各项工作的灯塔（The General Line refers to the transitioning process towards a completely socialist country)

Long Live the Party’s General Line!

1954: Must Liberate Taiwan 一定要解放台湾

“We Must Liberate Taiwan”

1955: Go Down on the Cooperative Road 走合作化的道路 （Background: an agricultural campaign starting in 1954 that unprivatized peasants’ properties and made them work in cooperative communities. It later upgraded into the People’s Commune in 1958. The Great Famine took place in 1959 as a result of various causes.)

1956: Let a hundred flowers bloom, and a hundred schools of thought contend 百花齐放，百家争鸣 （China’s cultural policy promoting academic, art and literature liberty in 1956. Most of the writers, scholars and artists who responded positively to this policy were persecuted during the anti-rightist campaign a year later.)

1957: Long Live the Great Leap! Surpass the UK in Three Years, Catch up with the U.S. in Five Years. 大跃进万岁。三年超英，五年赶美。

1958: People’s Communes are good 人民公社好 (See the 1955 item)

1962: Never to Forget Class Struggle 千万不要忘记阶级斗争

1963: Learn from Comrade Lei Feng 向雷锋同志学习

1964: Induastrial Enterprises Should Learn from Daqing City, and Agricultural Areas should Learn from Dazhai 工业学大庆，农业学大寨

“Industry, learn from Daqing; Agriculture, learn from Dazhai; the whole nation learns from the People’s Liberation Army”

1964: Be prepared against war, be prepared against natural disasters/famine, and serve the people (备战、备荒、为人民)

1966: Obliterate All Ox-demons and Snake-spirits 横扫一切牛鬼蛇神 (the beginning of the Cultural Revolution)

1966: Revolution is No Crime, Rebellion is Justified 革命无罪，造反有理 (the slogan of Red Guards)

1974: Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius 批林批孔

Carry the Struggle to Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius Through to the End

1975: Four Modernizations 四个现代化

Contribute to the early realization of the four modernizations

1976: Down with the Gang of Four 打倒四人帮 （The end of the Cultural Revolution)

1978: Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth 实践是检验真理的唯一标准 (The slogan signifies the end of the Cultural Revolution and the rule of ideologies, and preludes the Reform and Opening Up policies)

1980: Best to have only one child 只生一个好

Headline: The Party Central Committee advocates members to take the lead in having one child only

1989: Stability overrides everything 稳定压倒一切 (Well, no need to explain.)

1990: Development is the absolute principle 发展才是硬道理

1992: Build Socialist Market Economy with Chinese Characteristics 建设有中国特色社会主义市场经济

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2000: Three Represents 三个代表 (An abbriviation of Deng Xiaoping’s slogan that promotes the correctness, greatness and superiority of the Communist Party)

2003: A Harmonious Society 和谐社会

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2013: The Chinese Dream 中国梦

2013: To tackle corruption, the Party must crack down on the “flies” at the bottom and the “tigers” higher up. (老虎苍蝇一起打, “flies” refer to those currupted officials on the local and lower levels, “tigers” refer to high ranking officials)

Master image: “Chinese people definitely cannot tolerate the invasion of foreign countries, nor can (we) let imperialists invade our neighbors and not help” fromozPheonix.