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The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962.
- 1959–1961
- People's Republic of China
- 15–55 million
The reality, of course, was starkly different. 1. The Great Famine or Great Chinese Famine was a period of low agricultural production, food shortages and mass starvation in China, from 1959 to 1961. 2. The CCP government attributes the famine to natural disasters such as droughts, floods, typhoons and pests.
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Jan 3, 2000 · The Chinese famine of 1959–61 resulted in the deaths of up to 30 million people. In terms of human suffering, there is little doubt that it was the worst famine of modern times. But what caused it? Simple logic would suggest that famines are caused by a sudden decline in food availability, but the Nobel […]
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The Great Chinese Famine ( Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. It is widely regarded as the deadliest famine and one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history ...
Reviewed by Clayton D. Brown Between 1958 and 1962, an estimated thirty-six million Chinese died of starvation in what became history’s worst famine. Normally, such epic tragedies would yield a vast body of historical works, memorials, interviews, memoirs, conferences, and documentaries. Yet this epochal event is largely ignored outside of China and, more appallingly, actively […]
