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Great Chinese Famine
The Great Chinese Famine was a terrible famine in China from 1958 to 1961.
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It killed between 15 million and 55 million people.[note 1] It is the deadliest famine in known history.
The famine was mostly man-made.[10][6] It resulted from Mao Zedong's policies, like the Great Leap Forward and the Four Pests campaign.[6][1] A badly managed economy, social pressure, bad weather, and drought also played a role.[1][11]
Causes
[change | change source]Also see: The Great Leap Forward and Collectivization
The Great Chinese Famine has been called "the worst man-made catastrophe ever."[12]
Mao's policies
[change | change source]Mao Zedong was China's first president and the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.
During the Great Leap Forward, he made many drastic changes to China's economy. Many of his policies caused or worsened the famine.[1][3]
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