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The Great Leap Forward AKA The Great Leap Backward - Coggle Diagram
The Great Leap Forward AKA The Great Leap Backward
In 1949 the communist party of China had emerged victorious after a brutal and bitter civil war.
Leader: Mao Zedong
politically weak
Lack of industries
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Overall, very traditional
Mao's goal was to MODERNIZE CHINA
Increase the production
A lot of investments in the industry area
Problem: not enough people working in the industries and agricultural area
Land reform
Collectivization
Peasants lost their lands
Land owned by the state
Second five-year plan (1958) AKA the great leap forward
Agriculture: FULL CAPACITY
Agriculture surplus
To feed the industrial workers
Rural workers / directly contribute to industrial production
At first everyone supported the great leap forward
They offered a lot of opportunities for the people, like food, childcare facilities and houses of happiness for the elderly.
Workers were eating too much of the harvest
BUT, after some time...
The huge quantity of steel was unusable. left to rust.
SEVERE ecological unbalance
Explosion in the vermin population
...
STARVATION
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