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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.
In the late 1950s the Chinese people were decimated by a catastrophic famine. With its large population and volatile agrarian economy, China was no stranger to famine. Its agricultural productivity was easily disrupted and susceptible to climate events, natural disasters, population changes and military conflict.he causes and outcomes of the Great Famine are shrouded in mystery and subject to considerable debate. Though ostensibly caused by drought and weather conditions, the Great Famine was undoubtedly worsened by the communist policies.