Anybody read Chinese!

[A. F Medic]

Purchased at an auction....

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[oldpaul]

What a great piece! Assuming it isn't a reproduction; the Type 56 puts it after 1956 and the soldier holding up a picture of Mao suggests pre 1976 as Mao died in 1976. Very nice. Regards. Tom

[Peter Laidler]

I can't actually read Chinese but I wouldn't mind betting that a couple of the charcters mention the USA, America or Imperialist running dogs!

[A. F Medic]

Thanks! I was hoping somebody else would tell me what they see in the image. The only thing I see is that the man should be holding the "Little Red Book" in his right hand but that would throw the whole image off.

If I can't find anybody to translate, I may take it to a Chinese food place

[Mikesm44]

Thanks! I was hoping somebody else would tell me what they see in the image. The only thing I see is that the man should be holding the "Little Red Book" in his right hand but that would throw the whole image off.

If I can't find anybody to translate, I may take it to a Chinese food place

LOL. My dad is a production designer and once he did a Vietnam war movie. He was always walking down to the corner store run by a Vietnamese couple asking them to write out character for him.

[Patrick Chadwick]

The only thing I see is that the man should be holding the "Little Red Book" in his right hand but that would throw the whole image off.

Nope, he's got a pistol in his right hand - which you can't see

[Patrick Chadwick]

Actually, paralleling a cigarette advertisement of a similar vintage*, I think it says "Us little red book readers would rather fight than switch!"

*Also in a red-and-white package, if I recall correctly!

[seabot2]

Just by the meaning of some of the characters, I piece together "First..establish..?...liberation...?.....bay". I really hate to put something like this in front of my Chinese friends to read, but maybe I'll try.

[A. F Medic]

Translation is as follows: You Must Free Tiwan (SP)

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Perhaps it translates " Go to Walmart and buy more of our inferior goods so we can build more cool aircraft carriers and stealth aircraft".
Very nice piece regardless of translation.