This project explores how the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) can be read through what its media leaves behind and what it fails to show. I focus on People’s Daily (人民日报) because it is not only a newspaper, but also an official public voice. Its front pages present what is meant to be seen, remembered, and repeated, and they help shape how a decade becomes “public history”.

Growing up in China, the Cultural Revolution appeared in school as a short and simplified chapter. Later, when I began searching for materials from that time, I often found uneven traces: some events are heavily documented, while others barely appear. Sources feel broken, lost, changed, or difficult to access. In this project, I treat that unevenness as the main subject. The gaps are not just an absence; they reveal how media constructs visibility.

A newspaper is handled, unfolded, and scanned; you see multiple fragments at once. The flag-book keeps that physical way of looking, but turns it into a critical tool. Instead of offering a single smooth story, it holds fragments together and makes the gaps visible.