Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the party from 1949 until 1976, ... This resulted in the worst famine the world has ever seen, ...

But it all began with a tragedy. In late 1957, Mao Zedong proclaimed the “Great Leap Forward” as a shortcut to the supposed workers’ paradise. According to Mao, China would be able to ...

Yet while this was one of the grislier consequences of Mao Zedong's famine, it was not the most significant. The history of the 20th century is, in many ways, ...

The Great Leap Forward was a five-year economic plan executed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party, begun in 1958 and abandoned in 1961.

Henry Kissinger said Mao Zedong was the "most dangerous" leader he ever met, ... The resulting famine would lead to the deaths of tens of millions of people between 1958 and 1962.

Seduced by Mao Zedong: ... Mao’s disastrous program to quickly industrialize the country, which instead led to widespread famine and the deaths of up to 15 million people.

Just after Christmas, the People’s Republic of China’s increasingly authoritarian leader-for-life Xi Jinping celebrated Mao Zedong’s 130th birthday. Xi led the Politburo’s Standing ...

In 1958, Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to eliminate pests but led to ecological imbalance and a catastrophic ...

Xi Jinping Is the Second Coming of Mao Zedong. Oct. 7, 2022. ... his misguided attempt at rapid industrialization, contributed to a famine that killed tens of millions of Chinese.

The green movement’s rush to transform the energy economy while ignoring the laws of nature and economics calls to mind China’s ruinous Great Leap Forward. By 1957, Mao Zedong had grown ...