Mao’s Great Leap Forward Brings Chaos to China
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Business, Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Human Rights, Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: China
- Date: Spring, 1958
Article abstract: The Great Leap Forward was Mao Zedong’s policy of forming communes to boost agriculture and to increase industrial production; natural disasters and mismanagement brought on famine and social dislocation.
Summary of Event
The People’s Republic of China’s First Five-Year Plan (1953-1957) was coming to a close by June, 1957. The Chinese representatives at the National People’s Congress were jubilant upon hearing of an economic growth rate averaging 11 percent per year. China’s top leaders, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai,...
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