Large volcanic eruptions may have played a bigger role in triggering historical famines across China than previously ...
China's war on sparrows in 1958 had devastating consequences. The campaign, aimed at protecting grain, instead led to a surge ...
The Great Chinese Famine of 1959 to 1961 stands as the deadliest man-made disaster of the twentieth century. More than a historical tragedy, it offers a grim case study in how ideology, distorted data ...
The economic fallout from Mao’s reign was disastrous. Two in three peasants had lower incomes in 1978 than during the 1950s. After the failure of the Great Leap Forward, peasants in an increasing ...
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