Background

This introductory essay by Dr Frances Wood on the Political and Literary Context of the works on show in the exhibition is reproduced by permission of the author from Chinese Printmaking Today: Woodblock Printing in China 1980-2000 by Anne Farrer. Copyright © 2003 The British Library.

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Political and Literary Context, 1980-2000 (Adobe PDF format. Accessibility solutions and free 'Reader' software are available from Adobe.)

A detail from Everlasting Friendship by Wu Jide, an example from the exhibition with a social and political theme.