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China's Great Leap Forward caused a famine that killed tens of millions of people between 1959 and 1961.

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Is it true that China's Great Leap Forward caused a famine that killed tens of millions of people between 1959 and 1961?

Yes. A Wikipedia reference and a BMJ article state that the Great Leap Forward famine of 1959-1961 killed roughly 30 million or tens of millions of Chinese, and several peer-reviewed studies confirm the famine and its man-made causes. The Dikotter interview items are duplicates of one another.

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Great Chinese Famine - Wikipedia
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Great Chinese Famine - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

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Stature and Famine in China: The Welfare of the Survivors of the Great Leap Forward Famine, 1959-61
2008
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Morgan, S. L. (2008). Stature and Famine in China: The Welfare of the Survivors of the Great Leap Forward Famine, 1959-61. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1083059

DOES FAMINE HAVE A LONG-TERM EFFECT ON COHORT MORTALITY? EVIDENCE FROM THE 1959–1961 GREAT LEAP FORWARD FAMINE IN CHINA
2009
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SONG, S. (2009). DOES FAMINE HAVE A LONG-TERM EFFECT ON COHORT MORTALITY? EVIDENCE FROM THE 1959–1961 GREAT LEAP FORWARD FAMINE IN CHINA. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932009003332

China's great famine: 40 years later -
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China's great famine: 40 years later - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1619

China's Great Leap Forward: An estimate of total and additional excess male birth losses
2018
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China's Great Leap Forward: An estimate of total and additional excess male birth losses. (2018). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.12.004

A Tragedy of the Nomenklatura ? Career incentives, political loyalty and political radicalism during China's Great Leap Forward
2014
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A Tragedy of the Nomenklatura ? Career incentives, political loyalty and political radicalism during China's Great Leap Forward. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2014.882560

The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster
2005
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Wei, L. & Tao, Y. D. (2005). The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ725300

WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine
2010
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WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine. (2010). americanarchive.org. https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3x83j3940v

WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine
2010
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WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine. (2010). americanarchive.org. https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3j3901zg1w

WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine
2010
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WGBH Forum Network; Frank Dikotter explains Mao's Great Famine. (2010). americanarchive.org. https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-3t9d50g054

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