Mao Tse-Tung1954
The Greatt Leap Forward, an attempt to economically regenerate China
China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Greatt Leap Forward, an attempt to economically regenerate China
A call to increase production of steel, electricity & coal by as much as a 3rd each yr
Between 16 million and 30 million people starve to death because of the 1959-62 famine caused by the "great leap forward" (the population of Communist China declined by 4.5%)
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