History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Mao's Great Famine

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Mao's Great Famine

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

Mao's Great Famine | FULL DOCUMENTARY

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Between 1958 and 1962, China lived through tragedy on an epic scale. The “Great Leap Forward” – conceived by Mao so that China could drive industrial output ...

Mostly commentary interviews of survivors and former party cadres (officials)

Estimated ~45 million perished

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Just watched this last night and learned a lot. I thought it was very well done and crammed a lot of information into a tight runtime.

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