A short 1965 article from China Reconstructs reporting that more than thirty new textile mills with 1.4 million spindles began operating in China that year. It covers the rise in raw cotton output, the location of new mills in twenty provinces and autonomous regions (including minority areas such as Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia), and the domestic textile machinery industry that supplied the equipment. Photographs show spinning and weaving departments and an aerial view of the Wuhan No. 2 Cotton Mill.

A 1965 magazine article from China Reconstructs describing the 17th (Spring 1965) Chinese Export Commodities Fair in Canton, from a Chinese government perspective. It surveys the halls and product lines on show, including textiles, machinery, chemicals, farm and animal products, metals and light industry, and reports comments from foreign buyers. The textile section mentions fabric varieties, yarn counts, synthetic fibres, dyes, woollens, silks and ready-made clothing. The article also carries political commentary on trade and diplomacy.

A 1965 article describing how China built the Nanking Chemical Fibre Plant, the first chemical fibre plant designed and built entirely with Chinese skills and resources. It covers the design and manufacture of equipment such as spinnerets and pumps, construction of acid-resistant buildings, staff training, and the plant's output of viscose yarn and staple fibre. It presents the project as an example of industrialization through self-reliance.

A 1966 China Reconstructs article about the "Nine-Girl Cotton-Growing Group" of Yungtai cooperative in Wukung county, Shensi province. Formed in 1957, the teenage girls ran an experimental cotton plot, overcoming social prejudice, insecticide damage and hail through manuring, transplanting and scientific experiment. The article reports their yields of over 200 jin of ginned cotton per mu and how the group inspired 1,400 girls' cotton-growing groups in the county. It contains two black-and-white photographs and no weaving content.

A 1966 profile from China Reconstructs of Chou So-kuei, a weaver and Party member at the No. 2 State Cotton Mill in Shihchiachuang, north China. It describes how he trained his eyes, ears and hands to detect faults among a power loom's 900 or so parts and prevent breakdowns, and how his method was promoted through training classes. It also covers his childhood hardship, his start at the mill in 1954, and his "double-handed" weaving technique. The article is written in a political tone and concerns industrial loom maintenance rather than hand weaving.

A 1965 article from China Reconstructs by Huang Chien-ying, a Party secretary of Tzuhsi county, Chekiang province, on how the county raised cotton yields per mu after years of record harvests. It describes the communes' response to complacency, rush sowing in rainy weather, replanting after cold and rain, pumping water during a 50-day drought, and extra care at harvest. It presents these efforts as the application of Mao Tse-tung's writings. Two photographs show cotton picking and seed selection.