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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.
Chinese National Day is celebrated on Oct. 1st annually to commemorate the founding of People's Republic of China. The holiday from Oct. 1-7 is called 'Golden Week'.