Funny Rural Chinese Advertising & Depressing Propaganda

chinaSMACK has compiled and translated advertising posters and political slogans notable “for both their frankness and their humor”:

From illegal petitions to promoting the One Child Policy, these slogans are often crass and unapologetically direct. Perhaps in a way these advertisements reveal an aspect of rustic life that are both arduous and deviceful.

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