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ref to the "ecosystem" is unimportant compared to the carnage wreaked on the citizenry - try to keep a sense of perspective
[[Image:Yi Gang Wei Gang Quan Mian Yue Jin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A Great Leap Forward propaganda poster.]]
[[Image:Yi Gang Wei Gang Quan Mian Yue Jin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A Great Leap Forward propaganda poster.]]
The '''Great Leap Forward''' was a program instituted by Chinese dictator [[Mao Zedong]] from 1958 to 1961 to nationalize industry and agriculture. This included collectivizing farmland and peasants being forced to produce steel in backyard furnaces to raise China's steel output, as well as an absurd campaign to exterminate pests, which unbalanced the ecosystem. The whole ill-conceived venture resulted in widespread famine, economic disaster and what modern Chinese history refers to as '''Three Years of Disasters'''. The [[Communist]] inspired [[democide]] resulted in the deaths of approximately 30 million people.
The '''Great Leap Forward''' (1958 to 1961) was a campaign to nationalize industry and agriculture in [[China]], instituted by Chinese dictator [[Mao Zedong]], which included collectivizing farmland. Peasants were forced to produce steel in backyard furnaces to raise China's steel output. The whole ill-conceived venture resulted in widespread famine, economic disaster and what modern Chinese history refers to as '''Three Years of Disasters'''. The [[Communist]] inspired [[democide]] resulted in the deaths of approximately 30 million people.
==See also==
==See also==