*FAMINES, *STARVATION, *SOCIALISM, *ECONOMICS, *HISTORY, GREAT Leap Forward, China, 1958-1961, ECONOMIC conditions in China -- 1949-1976
Abstract
This article examines how Deng Xiaoping actively participated in, effectively implemented and strictly supervised Mao's notorious utopian project, the Great Leap Forward, which claimed the lives of tens of millions of Chinese people. The paper will also consider the negative influences of Deng on the political processes of the Chinese Communist Party during the devastating campaign. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]