Geeat Chinese Famine Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Peasants
A
Not owning land they worked on had demotivating effect
—> food production 3.8% per year;
expected to be 23%
2
Q
Maos policy
A
Lysenkoism & 4 pests campaign
3
Q
Weather
A
Droughts
—> northern China
Flooding
—> southern China
Created difficult farming environment
4
Q
Cadres
A
Gave false figures
—> State took % of grain
—> pretend not left with enough
5
Q
Impact of famine
A
30-50m dead
—> 25% of Tibet dead (forced to grow
barley)
Mao announced harvest figure was 430m tonnes
—> officials said 375m
—> reality was around 250m
Women and children sold by husbands
