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“Wage a bitter struggle for three years and transform the look of a greater part of the country… The industrial output of local industries should exceed local agricultural output in five to ten years.” - Mao Zedong, 1958 |
From 1958 -1961, Dictator Mao Zedong had set out a plan called the "The Great Leap Forward". A plan designed to transform China’s agrarian socioeconomic culture towards an industrialized one. Soon, Mao Zedong lead China into 5 years of Famine causing a result of 45 million deaths leading to a Genocide 10 times bigger than most.
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“With 11 million tons of steel next year and 17 million tons the year after, the world will be shaken. If we can reach 40 million tons in five years, we may possibly catch up with Great Britain in seven years. Add another eight years and we will catch up with the US.” - Mao Zedong, 1958