Great Leap Forward policies
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The Great Leap Forward policies were a series of radical economic and social campaigns launched by Mao Zedong in late 1950s China, aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian society into a communist industrial powerhouse, but which resulted in widespread famine and millions of deaths.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economic policy campaign
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political campaign → social policy campaign → |
| associatedWith |
Deng Xiaoping
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Liu Shaoqi → Zhou Enlai → |
| component |
backyard furnaces
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collective labor mobilization → communal dining halls → people's communes → |
| consequence |
Great Chinese Famine
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| country |
People's Republic of China
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| criticizedFor |
coercive collectivization
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disregard for human cost → suppression of accurate reporting → unrealistic production targets → |
| endDate |
1962
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| estimatedDeaths |
tens of millions
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| followedBy |
period of economic readjustment in early 1960s China
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| goal |
overtake Western industrial powers
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rapid collectivization of agriculture → rapid industrialization → transformation from agrarian to industrial society → |
| historicalAssessment |
major policy disaster
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one of the deadliest famines in history → |
| ideology |
Maoism
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communism → |
| implementedBy |
Chinese Communist Party
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People's Republic of China government → |
| influencedBy |
Soviet-style central planning
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| leader |
Mao Zedong
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| location |
Mainland China
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| opposedBy |
some Chinese Communist Party leaders
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| policyType |
agricultural collectivization
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central planning → forced industrialization → mass mobilization campaign → |
| precededBy |
First Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China
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| region |
rural China
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| result |
decline in agricultural output
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economic dislocation → industrial inefficiency → mass starvation → social disruption → widespread famine → |
| slogan |
Great Leap Forward
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| startDate |
1958
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| timePeriod |
late 1950s
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Chinese peasantry
("Great Leap Forward")
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associatedEvent |
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Maoism
("Great Leap Forward")
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associatedWith |
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Lushan Conference of 1959
("Great Leap Forward")
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mainSubject |
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Peng Dehuai
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opposed |
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Great Leap Forward policies
("Great Leap Forward")
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slogan |