china
what was this frog-like great leap forward?
It was a program launched by Mao Zedong in 1958 urging the Chinese to make a superhuman effort to increase farm and industrial output. To make agriculture more efficient, he created communes. This program and the communes only brought failure and disaster to the Chinese people and the national economy.
links that will greatly leap your knowledge forward..
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/great_leap_
forward.htm ( This website further explains the Great Leap Forward and its consequences.) http://chineseposters.net/themes/great-leap-forward.php (This website presents a collection of Great Leap Forward propaganda posters.) |