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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.
Survival in 1959-61 China. Hunger, suffering, and death. This is essentially the result of one of Chinaâs hardest few years, known to some as the Great Chinese Famine, and to others as Maoâs Great Famine. Beginning in the year 1958, it would end up becoming disastrous for the nation of China as a whole.