View a Cultural Revolution-era political cartoon depicting the high-ranking communist party member as a "capitalist roader."

Furnishes a brief profile of the Chinese Communist political leader who was revered until the Cultural Revolution.

Provides an overview of the communist leader's political career, role as PRC chairman, and later denouncement during the Cultural Revolution.

Supplies a short biography of the once-revered Chinese political figure who was attacked during the early stages of the Cultural Revolution.

Chinese communist and successor of Mao Zedong as head of state, Liu Shaoqi was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, and died there in 1969.

Stefan Landsberger provides several Maoist-era communist propaganda posters featuring the political figure Liu Shaoqi.