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Even so, work by Yang and others has proved that senior leaders in Beijing knew of the famine as early as 1958. To distribute resources evenly will only ruin the Great Leap Forward, Mao warned colleagues a year later. When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death.
The Tangshan earthquake, also known as the Great Tangshan earthquake, was a natural disaster that occurred on July 27, 1976.It is believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll.The epicenter of the earthquake was near Tangshan in Hebei, People's Republic of China, an industrial city with approximately one million inhabitants.The number of deaths initially reported by the Chinese government was 655,000, but this number has since been stated to be around 240,000 to 255,000.he Tangshan earthquake, also known as the Great Tangshan earthquake, was a natural disaster that occurred on July 27, 1976.