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'China Stands Up': Maoist Peasant and English Leveller

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Patrick Wright looks at how, in the mid-1950s, the artists Stanley Spencer and Paul Hogarth reacted to the People's Republic and its leadership in the company of various Labour MPs.

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

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Thu 19 Jun 200823:00
BBC Radio 3

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