With Chinese communism, What was the Great Leap Forward?
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Ismail Jeilani
BSc Political Economy | Ex-Google | 7 years Teaching Experience
In 1958 Mao Zedong announced the Great Leap Forward. This was to be the Second Five Year Plan and it was intended to continue the modernisation of Chinese industry, which had begun during the First Five Year Plan. Mao wanted to mobilise the whole Chinese population in an attempt to catch up the economies of the West.
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