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Why did the Great Chinese Famine happen?
Shows causes on the record, then each account's causes side by side. Not a single settled cause.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
1958–1962
Why did the Great Chinese Famine happen?
Shows causes on the record, then each account’s causes side by side. Not a single settled cause.
1958–1962
According to the Communist Party of China. 1958–1962: The Great Chinese Famine, caused by Great Leap Forward.
The resolution speaks of economic difficulties in 1959-61 and names natural calamities and Soviet contract cancellations beside the Leap’s errors.
1958–1962
According to Cormac Ó Gráda. 1958–1962: The Great Chinese Famine, caused by Great Leap Forward.
Ó Gráda writes of the policies that caused the famine, and not of intent: reckless miscalculation is not the same as deliberately starving millions. The Party’s 1981 history gives a different mix of causes (next link).
1958–1962
According to Yang Jisheng. 1958–1962: The Great Chinese Famine, caused by Great Leap Forward.
Ó Gráda writes of the policies that caused the famine, and not of intent: reckless miscalculation is not the same as deliberately starving millions. The Party’s 1981 history gives a different mix of causes (next link).
Named in 3 of the 3 accounts recorded here: Great Leap Forward.
Shows causes on the record, then each account’s causes side by side. Not a single settled cause.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
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