"The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year", woodcut, Tsou Ta-ching, People's Republic of China c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2092 From the PRC Press: "The Azalea Blossoms in the Chingkang Mountains Are Red Every Year" features a school graduate making her home in the countryside. To emphasize the vigor of youth, it uses rugged, blunt strokes against a symbolic background.

Presents from Peking, traditional-style painting. Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2091 From the PRC press: Three young artists from Kwangtung province, Wu Chi-chung, Chou Po and Lin Yung, produced the traditional-style painting "Presents from Peking". It depicts the people of the Hsisha Islands and armymen stationed there, fresh from their victory in a self-defense counterattack battle. They are opening gifts — Chairman M

"Building an Aqueduct", oil painting, Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2090 From the PRC Press: Another oil, "Building an Aqueduct" by Sun Kuo-chi and Chang Hung-tsan, portrays young commune members battling the elements with revolutionary optimism and overcoming the lack of machinery by using home-devised methods. The snowbound worksite in the background heightens the impression the picture gives of the commune members' figh

"Drilling Begins", oil painting, Li Shu-chi, People's Republic of China, c. 1975 -- Daily LIFT #2089 From the PRC Press: "Drilling Begins", an oil by Li Shu-chi, shows a typical scene of oil workers emulating the spirit of the famous model worker, the late Iron Man Wang, to produce more oil for the country. In it husky men are braving a downpour to get drilling started.