Mao’s China · TURNING POINT ·
Anshan Iron and Steel (1953)
Dec 1953 — The Japanese-built steelworks, stripped by Soviet troops in 1945–46, is rebuilt as the flagship of the First Five-Year Plan with Soviet designs, machines and engineers; its first three new mills open this month. China made 1.35 million tonnes of steel in 1952 and 5.35 million in 1957, four times as much.
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- China’s First Five-Year Plan (chapter 4 of Mao’s China)
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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