Flags of Single-Party States Over San Francisco City Hall: Germany 1935, People’s Republic of China 2012

1935: Germany strong:

2012: People’s Republic* of China strong:

And you can’t see, but there are five stars on the PRC flag:

“The five stars and their relationship represents the unity of Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The orientation of the stars shows that the unity should go around a center.^[6] The larger star symbolizes the Communist Party of China, and the four smaller stars that surround the big star symbolize the four social classes (the working class, the peasantry, the urban petite bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie) of Chinese people mentioned in Mao’s “On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship“

In the center of the photo, you’ll find “heiress and socialite” Charlotte Smith Mailliard Swig Shultz, wife of Famous Republican George P. Shultz – check out her bio.** Now, which star is for her? I’m thinking it’s the star representing the national bourgeoisie, but IDK for sure.

*The current communist or socialist states that include the words People’s Republic in their full names:

•  People’s Republic of China
•  Lao People’s Democratic Republic
•  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Historical examples include:

• People’s Republic of Albania (1946–1976) and Socialist People’s Republic of Albania (1976–1992)
• People’s Republic of Angola (1975–1992)
• People’s Republic of Benin (1975–1990)
• People’s Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
• People’s Republic of the Congo (1970–1992)
• People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991)
• Hungarian People’s Republic (1949–1989)
• People’s Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989)
• Mongolian People’s Republic (1924–1992)
• People’s Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)
• People’s Republic of Poland (1952–1989)
• Romanian People’s Republic (1947–1965)
• Tuvan People’s Republic (1921–1944)
• People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)
• Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia (1946–1963)

** CSMSS (born ca. 1934) is an American heiress and socialite. She is the Chief of Protocol for the state of California, and the Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco.^[1] She is the wife of former United States Secretary of State George P. Shultz.^[2] In 2007, she was named Honorary Commander of The Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II.