The Great Leap Forward

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This is Topic 4 of the Selected Topics from the book entitled "The Revival of China". The full book is about the revival of China in the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. This topic is about what happened before, during and after the great leap forward. It covers the lash advance, the anti lash-advance and the anti anti-lash-advance before the great leap forward; the process of the great leap forward and the great famine caused by it, downing with PENG De-huai by MAO Ze-dong in the Lushan meeting; and the meeting of seven thousands officials after the great leap forward and the great famine, policy adjustment by LIU Shao-qi to recover the economy, and the conflict between MAO and LIU. (Source: Google Books API)