[UYGHURS / THE RED FLAG] قزيل بايراق: جۇڭگو گۇڭچەنداڭى جۇڭياڭ ۋيييۇەنخۇيدر ننڭ باشچلغدا نەشر قلندى = 红旗 / Hongqi / Qzil Bairaq [i.e., The Red Flag]. Yil [Year] 1969 San [No] 2. January 27, 1969

[THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE].

N. p., [Xinjiang or Beijing?], 1969.

Original stapled-stitched covers. 4to. (26 x 19 cm). In Uyghur with Arabic letters. 48 p., ills. Very small tears on extremities of the first two pages, pages are slightly age-toned, otherwise a very good copy.

Extremely rare Uyghur edition of the second issue from 1969, published as a key propaganda organ of the Maoist Chinese Communist Party, specifically targeting Uyghur Muslims living in China. This issue features seven articles and includes a portrait of Mao Zedong depicted within a shining sun. The head title on the first four pages, "Neng Ali Yolyoruq" (i.e., From July to October), mirrors that of the original Chinese edition of the same issue.

Although we could not find any information about the Uyghur edition in available sources, the Chinese issues of this journal were published during the Great Leap Forward era, beginning in 1958, until its final issue in 1988. It was produced by the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and was one of China’s main publication organs of the time, alongside People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and People's Liberation Army Daily.

The journal succeeded an earlier publication titled Xuexi (Study) and was renamed Red Flag by Mao Zedong. Chen Boda served as its editor, and the journal became a critical media outlet during the Cultural Revolution. Until 1958, the Red Flag was freely distributed in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, but following the enforcement of the Undesirable Publications Ordinance, which banned “undesired” foreign publications, its circulation dropped from 5,000 to 3,000 copies.

In the 1960s, Red Flag temporarily ceased publication, resuming in 1968 as a biweekly. It later transitioned to a monthly schedule, continuing until 1979, and was published bi-monthly from 1980 until its closure in 1988. The journal focused on theoretical arguments supported by the Communist Party and included articles on the Party’s perspectives regarding Communist movements in other countries.

In May 1988, Chinese officials announced that Red Flag would cease publication. Its final issue appeared in June 1988, and it was succeeded by Qiushi (Chinese: Seeking Truth).

As of November 2024, a sole entry in the OCLC (416946773) in the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.