Mao’s China · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Great Famine in Anhui (1959–61)
On the Mao’s China map as “Anhui”
1959–61 — Anhui, led by Zeng Xisheng, recorded the highest official death rate of any province: 68.6 per thousand in 1960, more than six times the national rate before the Leap. Counties such as Fengyang, Wuwei and Feidong lost a large share of their people. This marker stands for the province’s dead.
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- Great Chinese Famine (chapter 7 of Mao’s China)
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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