History Main / RedChina

* ''Literature/ToLive'' by Yu Hua (later adapted to film by ZhangYimou) depicts the vicissitudes of an ordinary family from the 1930s to the 1980s.

FuManchu meets DirtyCommunists (or YellowPeril meets RedScare), to a very large extent. The Chinese are sneaky and crafty, like to [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwash people]] (the term was invented in China) and generally trying to subvert Western freedom. Will team up with the USSR at times.

* The title antagonist of ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel ''Literature/ColonelSun'' is a torturer in the chinese army.

From China arises MaoZedong.\\

Why 1979, you may ask? Though China did start to open to the world in 1972 after UsefulNotes/RichardNixon visited China, MaoZedong had a stranglehold on power until his death in 1976, and supported the most radical politics in China. Immediately after he died, those radical elements were arrested, and Deng Xiaoping made a grab for control of the Party. The economic reforms he implemented in 1978 began to turn China from a sclerotic command economy into an economic powerhouse as foreign investment was allowed in ever-larger areas and ever-greater sections of the banking sector were freed up to invest in things that were actually profitable, as opposed to things the government thought the country 'should' have[[note]] 'should' have to guarantee economic self-sufficiency (which had decreased overall economic efficiency in all sectors, not least because foreign banks were not allow to invest in the country), jobs (which meant an over-emphasis on job-creation and maintenance at the expense of [job-]efficiency), and support for the military (which had taken up an unhealthily large portion of the country's GDP)[[/note]]. Additionally, the United States formally established diplomatic relations with China that year - up to that point, the US had recognized the Guomindang government on Taiwan.

* Receive a cursory mention in ''WorldInConflict'' when you are told Red China has entered the war on the same side as the Soviet Union, with the Chinese army on its way to Seattle. [[MST3KMantra Best not to think too hard about how the late 1980s Chinese army intended to accomplish that]].

Incidentally, red is also a traditional color ''of'' {{China}}, predating Marxism. For more historical background on Red China, see [[Analysis/RedChina the analysis page.]]

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* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In the two-part episode “Dog Robber”, a U.S. reconnaissance plane has to make an emergency landing in mainland China.

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The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet split resulted in better relations with the US and other capitalist nations. With the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as either LawfulNeutral or TrueNeutral instead.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet split resulted in better relations with the US and other capitalist nations. Since 1979, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as either LawfulNeutral or TrueNeutral instead.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet split resulted in better relations with the US and other capitalist nations. Since 1979, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the LawfulNeutral or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as NeutralEvil or TrueNeutral.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet split resulted in better relations with the US and other capitalist nations. Since 1979, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the LawfulNeutral or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as ChaoticNeutral instead.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet split resulted in better relations with the US and other capitalist nations. Since 1991, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the LawfulNeutral or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as ChaoticNeutral instead.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The UsefulNotes/ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet Split nearly resulted in war betwixt the two Communist Great Powers. Since 1993, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the LawfulNeutral or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as ChaoticNeutral instead.

* ''ChinaBlue'' is a documentary about the working conditions in China's textile industry.

* The second half of ''DurianDurian'' is set in Northeastern China.

Why 1979, you may ask? Though China did start to open to the world in 1972 after RichardNixon visited China, MaoZedong had a stranglehold on power until his death in 1976, and supported the most radical politics in China. Immediately after he died, those radical elements were arrested, and Deng Xiaoping made a grab for control of the Party. The economic reforms he implemented in 1978 began to turn China from a sclerotic command economy into an economic powerhouse as foreign investment was allowed in ever-larger areas and ever-greater sections of the banking sector were freed up to invest in things that were actually profitable, as opposed to things the government thought the country 'should' have[[note]] 'should' have to guarantee economic self-sufficiency (which had decreased overall economic efficiency in all sectors, not least because foreign banks were not allow to invest in the country), jobs (which meant an over-emphasis on job-creation and maintenance at the expense of [job-]efficiency), and support for the military (which had taken up an unhealthily large portion of the country's GDP)[[/note]]. Additionally, the United States formally established diplomatic relations with China that year - up to that point, the US had recognized the Guomindang government on Taiwan.

* ''DreamsOfJoy'', the sequel to ''Shanghai Girls'' by Lisa See, takes place during the Great Leap Forward and is about a Chinese-American girl who goes to China to meet her long lost father.

-->--Lyrics to "'''The East is Red'''", a CPC anthem

* ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' has Jack Bauer attack the Chinese Consulate in Season Four, where the Consul is shot in the crossfire. At the end of Season Five, Jack is kidnapped by Chinese agents and put on a [[IncrediblyLamePun slow boat to China]]. He is returned at the beginning of Season Six.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' Original Series episode "The Hundred Days of the Dragon" was basically a science fiction reworking of ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate.''

* ''Farewell my Concubine'' by Chen Kaige features several scenes set during the Cultural Revolution.

* The first version of ''TheManchurianCandidate''.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' Original Series episode "The Hundred Days of the Dragon" was basically a science fiction reworking of ''TheManchurianCandidate.''

* Played with in ''ComicStrip/LesInnommables'': the Chinese Communists are depicted as utterly merciless and depraved, but the main character's love interest is a fanatically loyal Communist agent. And the other sides aren't depicted in a much more favorable light either.
* The mind-boggling weirdness that is the original version of [[WonderWoman Egg-Fu.]]

* China is one of the foreign powers in ''VideoGame/{{Tropico}}'' 4. It buys canned fish and pineapple, corn, goat cheese, llama wool, and cars. It likes you more if you have an open doors immigration policy, low liberty, and bad relations with the USSR. The benefits of good relations are cheaper luxury goods, increased commodity prices of canned goods, and the ability to ask for development aid by sending 100 immigrants.

* Played with in ''LesInnommables'': the Chinese Communists are depicted as utterly merciless and depraved, but the main character's love interest is a fanatically loyal Communist agent. And the other sides aren't depicted in a much more favorable light either.

* MarvelComics's favorite [[{{Kaiju}} kaiju]] FinFangFoom made his first appearance when a Formosan (Taiwanese) history student awakened him and lured him into the path of a Chinese military force that was set to invade Formosa. Fin defeated them easily, and the student then managed to return him to suspended animation.

The original PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, China played a fair few roles as the BigBad during part of The ColdWar, even after the Sino-Soviet Split nearly resulted in war betwixt the two Communist Great Powers. Since 1993, the portrayal of the People's Republic has tended to move towards that of an international AntiHero, of the LawfulNeutral or LawfulEvil sort--although given ValuesDissonance, it sometimes could qualify as ChaoticNeutral instead.

Red China became a recurrent villain in ColdWar literature; not as common as [[RedScare the Soviet Union]], but definitely there. Using China instead of Russia allowed writers to work in some of the traditional mystique that Oriental culture seemed (to them) to have always been steeped in. It probably is no exaggeration to say that Red China was the Cold War-era successor to WWII's ImperialJapan in villain roles, in the same way that [[RedScare the Soviet Union]] was the successor to ThoseWackyNazis.

The main cause of this was TheKoreanWar - while the Soviets were not (obviously) attacking UN forces, which included the US and the UK, the Chinese most certainly were.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48HNfoP_V5w Anthropomorphized symbol of China is a rabbit, set in stone by the webcomic 那年那兔那些事.]]

* The original founding story of ''IronMan''.
* In one of their adventures, SpirouAndFantasio sneak into China to free an American scientist who was held prisoner in a secret facility. However, the Chinese aren't depicted as outright villains, even though they definitely are the antagonists.

* ''TheOuterLimits'' Original Series episode "The Hundred Days of the Dragon" was basically a science fiction reworking of ''TheManchurianCandidate.''