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Yang Keyang (1914-2010)

Militia Woman

1970

Woodblock print

57 x 45 cm

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China strongly supported the North during the Vietnam War (1955-75), providing weapons, equipment and training personnel. Chinese anti-War posters from the late 1960s are known worldwide, but prints are less common. Here Yang Keyang salutes the bravery and determination of the Vietcong women. Nearly a million women actively served in the North in local guerrilla and militia units. “One need have no beard to be a hero,” noted To Huu, national poet of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

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