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Great Leap Forward
History of China
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| | 1954 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| The Greatt Leap Forward, an attempt to economically regenerate China |
| 1958 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| A call to increase production of steel, electricity & coal by as much as a 3rd each yr |
| 1962 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 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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