1. China and the Great Leap Forward
According to Josh Brooman's 'China since 1900', Industry was the main focus of the GLF as Mao's plan was to make China one of the world's leading industrial nations. Mao thought that by simply producing masses of steel China would be able to solve its economic problems, therefore he wanted as much steel produced as fast as possible and started the Backyard Steel Campaign. ... In 1959 he declared to a group of government ministers 'Peasants are hiding food and a very bad. ... The disruption caused by the ending of private farming was a major cause of hunger as in...
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