Mao’s China · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Tangshan earthquake (1976)
On the Mao’s China map as “Tangshan”
28 Jul 1976 — An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 (7.8 on the Chinese scale) destroys the industrial city of Tangshan before dawn. The official count is 242,000 dead; other estimates are higher. The government refused foreign aid. Many people read the disaster, by an old tradition, as a sign that the Mandate of Heaven was passing.
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- Death and legacy of Mao Zedong (chapter 12 of Mao’s China)
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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