Stage play marks Karl Marx's 200th birthday

An actor plays German philosopher Karl Marx in The Power of Belief, a stage play marking the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia on May 4. [Photo/Chinanews]

A play was staged in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region's capital on May 4 to mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth.

The biographical drama was also staged in commemoration of the 170th anniversary of the publication of Marx's Communist Manifesto.

The play tells of Marx's love for his wife Jenny and of his friendship with Frederick Engels.

The Power of Belief onstage in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia on May 7 [Photo/Chinanews]

A battle scene from The Power of Belief, in Hohhot on May 7 [Photo/Chinanews]