Great Leap Forward policies

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The Great Leap Forward policies were a series of radical economic and social campaigns launched by Mao Zedong in late 1950s China, aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian society into a communist industrial powerhouse, but which resulted in widespread famine and millions of deaths.

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Generate an image of the Great Leap Forward policies (The Great Leap Forward policies were a series of radical economic and social campaigns launched by Mao Zedong in late 1950s China, aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian society into a communist industrial powerhouse, but which resulted in widespread famine and millions of deaths.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic policy campaign ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
social policy campaign ⓘ
associatedWith Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
Liu Shaoqi ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
component backyard furnaces ⓘ
collective labor mobilization ⓘ
communal dining halls ⓘ
people's communes ⓘ
consequence Great Chinese Famine ⓘ
country People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
criticizedFor coercive collectivization ⓘ
disregard for human cost ⓘ
suppression of accurate reporting ⓘ
unrealistic production targets ⓘ
endDate 1962 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths tens of millions ⓘ
followedBy period of economic readjustment in early 1960s China ⓘ
goal overtake Western industrial powers ⓘ
rapid collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
rapid industrialization ⓘ
transformation from agrarian to industrial society ⓘ
historicalAssessment major policy disaster ⓘ
one of the deadliest famines in history ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
implementedBy Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
People's Republic of China government ⓘ
influencedBy Soviet-style central planning ⓘ
leader Mao Zedong ⓘ
location Mainland China ⓘ
linked to: China
opposedBy some Chinese Communist Party leaders ⓘ
policyType agricultural collectivization ⓘ
central planning ⓘ
forced industrialization ⓘ
mass mobilization campaign ⓘ
precededBy First Five-Year Plan of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
region rural China ⓘ
result decline in agricultural output ⓘ
economic dislocation ⓘ
industrial inefficiency ⓘ
mass starvation ⓘ
social disruption ⓘ
widespread famine ⓘ
slogan Great Leap Forward ⓘ
startDate 1958 ⓘ
timePeriod late 1950s ⓘ

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