China today has only about 10,000 technicians and 300,000 skilled factory workers out of a population of some 465 millions - and scarcely enough modern machinery to keep them occupied.Caption from Forman's book Changing China.Forman, Harrison. (1948). Changing China. New York: Crown Publishers.GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box 1
Image published in Harrison Forman's book Changing China. Caption: Buddhism teaches the negation of...
The author watching the manufacture of the home-made firecracker powder which the Min Ping use for t...
The Chinese is never served an individual portion at a meal. The prepared dishes are placed in the ...
Both paper and the art of printing were invented in China. In 1948, 1,384 newspapers and 1,448 maga...
A Chinese bed spring is made by stringing stout cord on a wooden frame.China: Chungking [Chongqing] ...
Precision machinery - especially lathes such as these - are scarce and over-worked to increase indus...
For a long time the Chinese regarded the foreign doctor and his foreign medicines with suspicion and...
In Chungking [Chongqing] the local tinsmiths made an excellent coal-burning stove from a five-gallon...
Caption from Report from Red China and Xi xing man ying: Makeshift machinery has to suffice at Yench...
A major problem for China's motor transport has been, and still is, the shortage of fuel. What oil ...
For a brief moment following their ursurpation of the Chinese Dragon Throne in 1644, the Manchu conq...
Both paper and the art of printing were invented in China.China: Chungking [Chongqing]Caption from F...
Caption from Report from Red China: General Wang Cheng's [Wang Zhen] men, veteran Jap-fighters [sic]...
Caption from Forman's book Report from Red China: The attack on Lo Fan strong point. Lacking artill...
Caption from Report from Red China: Mines are planted everywhere. The villager below is ready to de...
Image published in Harrison Forman's book Changing China. Caption: Buddhism teaches the negation of...
The author watching the manufacture of the home-made firecracker powder which the Min Ping use for t...
The Chinese is never served an individual portion at a meal. The prepared dishes are placed in the ...
Both paper and the art of printing were invented in China. In 1948, 1,384 newspapers and 1,448 maga...
A Chinese bed spring is made by stringing stout cord on a wooden frame.China: Chungking [Chongqing] ...
Precision machinery - especially lathes such as these - are scarce and over-worked to increase indus...
For a long time the Chinese regarded the foreign doctor and his foreign medicines with suspicion and...
In Chungking [Chongqing] the local tinsmiths made an excellent coal-burning stove from a five-gallon...
Caption from Report from Red China and Xi xing man ying: Makeshift machinery has to suffice at Yench...
A major problem for China's motor transport has been, and still is, the shortage of fuel. What oil ...
For a brief moment following their ursurpation of the Chinese Dragon Throne in 1644, the Manchu conq...
Both paper and the art of printing were invented in China.China: Chungking [Chongqing]Caption from F...
Caption from Report from Red China: General Wang Cheng's [Wang Zhen] men, veteran Jap-fighters [sic]...
Caption from Forman's book Report from Red China: The attack on Lo Fan strong point. Lacking artill...
Caption from Report from Red China: Mines are planted everywhere. The villager below is ready to de...
Image published in Harrison Forman's book Changing China. Caption: Buddhism teaches the negation of...
The author watching the manufacture of the home-made firecracker powder which the Min Ping use for t...
The Chinese is never served an individual portion at a meal. The prepared dishes are placed in the ...