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Date 1958 - 1960
Location China

Did You Know?

  • Two-three million of the deaths were due to torture and execution.
  • Today in China, The Great Famine is referred to as Three Years of Natural Disasters and the Three Years of Difficulties.
  • Recent estimates place the death toll of The Great Leap Forward and its corresponding famine at 45 million deaths, far greater than the number killed in WWI.

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Yingshuichiao Iron Smelting Works in Chungwei county, China
Great Leap Forward era propaganda poster
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader