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The Great Leap Forward

The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1958 to 1962. It is widely considered to have caused the Great Chinese Famine. Major changes in the lives of rural Chinese included the incremental introduction of mandatory agricultural collectivization.

 

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The Great Leap Forward / Cultural Revolution

During the famine, young child dying in the gutter, China [1946]

During the famine, young child dying in the gutter, China [1946]

Human Rights

Backyard furnace to produce steel during the Great Leap Forward era.

Backyard furnace to produce steel during the Great Leap Forward era.

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Painting on the Wall of a Rural House in Shanghai

Painting on the Wall of a Rural House in Shanghai

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