English: Chinese propaganda poster from March 1968 depicting Dr. Norman Bethune with a quotation from Mao Zedong: "Comrade Bethune's unselfish spirit expresses his extreme feeling of responsibility towards his work and his extreme warmheartedness towards comrades and the people. Every Communist Party member must learn from him."
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English: The poster is currently held by the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands, made available by chineseposters.net. Call number: BG E3/760. Neither the IISH nor Chineseposters.net makes a copyright claim over the poster.
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