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title: 共產黨未來之前 / 共產黨來了之後 (Before the Communist Party Came / After the Communist Party Came), U.S. turn-it-over face card
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communist-party-before-after-face-usia-1953/
description: A sheet printing the same line-drawn face twice, each copy captioned in Chinese 'Before the Communist Party came' at the foot and, upside down above…
section: Collection
---

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# 共產黨未來之前 / 共產黨來了之後 (Before the Communist Party Came / After the Communist Party Came), U.S. turn-it-over face card

A sheet printing the same line-drawn face twice, each copy captioned in Chinese 'Before the Communist Party came' at the foot and, upside down above, 'After the Communist Party came'. Held one way up the face smiles; turned over, the smile becomes a frown. No fact, place or date is offered. The whole change of mood is placed on the arrival of one party, a single-cause blame carried by a trick of the drawing (scapegoating).

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese (traditional characters)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
共產黨未來之前
共產黨來了之後
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Before the Communist Party came
After the Communist Party came
```

Each of the two copies prints the first line at the foot and the second upside down at the top. Lines read right to left. Translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← The Communist Party: Before and After (Chinese reversible face)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chinese-face-before-after-1953/) [May Day parade satire: dollar-throne figure and 'US'-helmeted puppets, Budapest →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/budapest-mayday-dollar-throne-1953/)

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