Mao's focus on rural steel production led to widespread famine and starvation.
He launched a plan called The Great Leap Forward. It was a plan to increase China's productivity. All it did was worsen China's economy and kill 30 million Chinese. : )
The death and destruction of millions of people was one result of Mao's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution campaigns. Another was having communism discredited.
His Great Leap Forward brought economic ruin and famine to the country. APEX(;
Yes it is. the great leap forward also tried to industrialize China
The Great Leap Forward was Mao Zedong's vision to move China from agriculture to industry.
Over 10 million people died of starvation. It pushed China's progress back many years. Village steel manufacturing produced only scrap metal.
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China's industrial output was so great that China quickly became a leading producer.
mao zedung was the leader of china
The goods being made were fewer and lower quality than expected.
by the freat leap forward and the amount of drought
the Great Leap Forward