The Great Leap Forward Famine: Mao Zedong’s campaign from 1958 to 1962 aimed to rapidly industrialize China but resulted in one of history’s deadliest famines, killing an estimated 15 to 55 million. Unrealistic production quotas, forced collectivization, and the destruction of private farms led to widespread starvation. The Chinese government suppressed news, punished truth-tellers, and promoted propaganda of abundance. For decades, the full scale remained hidden from the public and international scrutiny. The cover-up preserved the Communist Party’s image but distorted historical understanding, with open discussion only emerging slowly through memoirs and later scholarship.
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