Series: Food and Famine - Great Leap Forward
China’s Great Leap Forward (1958-62) is a nationwide socio-economic project led by Mao Zedong and his Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
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Ivi Fung
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Series: Food and famine – Wars, droughts, and food crisis in the Republic of China
The Chinese Republican era (1912-1949) is the time when American relief worker Walter Mallory famously named China the ...
Ivi Fung
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Series: Food and Famine – Qing Dynasty
It was not obvious to the people at the time that they would face famines. In late Ming, “New World '' grains, like corn, sweet potatoes...
Ivi Fung
Mar 18, 20223 min read
Series: Food and Famine – Ming Dynasty
What did people in the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644) eat? This depends on whether you ask...
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