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[[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''' (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. | + | 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 now refers to as '''Three Years of Disasters'''. The [[Communist]] inspired [[democide]] resulted in the deaths of approximately 30 million people. |
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Revision as of 22:06, July 18, 2009
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 now refers to as Three Years of Disasters. The Communist inspired democide resulted in the deaths of approximately 30 million people.
See also
External links
- Rectification in Yan’an—Creating the Most Fearsome Methods in Persecution, "The rectification movement in Yan’an was the largest, darkest and most ferocious power game ever played out in the human world"