People's Republic of China Great Leap Forward (jan 14, 1958 – jan 1, 1962)

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The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social plan led by Chairman Mao Zedong with the goal of transforming China from an agrarian society to a modern industrialized socialist society that could compete with the industrialization of capitalist counterparts. This lead to a famine that resulted in the death of at least 10 million people.

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