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Chinese [[historical revisionism]] now refers to The Great Leap Forward as The '''Three Years of Disasters'''.  Mao's successor Deng Xiaoping claimed the death toll to be only 16 million, one-third the actual number of victims.<ref>''Mao: The Real Story'', by Alexander P. Pantsov with Steven I. Levine, pg. 472.</ref>  The Great Leap Forward remains the greatest prime example of the failure of socialist [[economic planning]]

Chinese [[historical revisionism]] now refers to The Great Leap Forward as The '''Three Years of Disasters'''.  Mao's successor Deng Xiaoping claimed the death toll to be only 16 million, one-third the actual number of victims.<ref>''Mao: The Real Story'', by Alexander P. Pantsov with Steven I. Levine, pg. 472.</ref>  The Great Leap Forward remains the greatest prime example of the failure of socialist [[economic planning]]

[[Image:Cultrev.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Cultural Revolution poster.]]

[[Image:Cultrev.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A Cultural Revolution poster.]]

===Cultural Marxism Revolution===

===Cultural Revolution===

The [[Cultural Revolution]] was a disastrous attempt to reform the economics, education and politics of Communist China, which led to the deaths of tens of millions of people.  The upheaval  began in August 1966 by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong.  

The [[Cultural Revolution]] was a disastrous attempt to reform the economics, education and politics of Communist China, which led to the deaths of tens of millions of people.  The upheaval  began in August 1966 by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong.