Villagers voting

(Top photo) The communist guerrillas organized villages in the rear of the Japanese during the war, held lectures for weeks on methods of democracy, then the people held their first democratic elections for village and own administrators. (Bottom photo) First democratic elections in a guerrilla territory recovered from the Japanese in Central China. People were given "ballot papers" red pieces of paper meaning "yes" green meaning "no". The names of the candidates were then read out and the "ballot box", a basket, held up to receive the votes.