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The Great Leap Forward

Mass mobilisation in Mao’s China

In January 1958, Mao Zedong launched the Great Leap Forward: why was it started, what were its objectives and did it mark Mao’s downfall?

Backyard furnaces were constructed in each commune. Most produced poor-quality pig iron

Edexcel Paper 3, Option 38.2 The making of modern China, 1860–1997

OCR Y317 China and its rulers, 1839–1989

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