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The Great Leap Forward

The Great Leap Forward

· 3 min read · The More You Know

In the late 1950s, China embarked on an ambitious plan to transform from an agrarian society into an industrialized superpower. The Great Leap Forward, however, resulted in one of history's worst famines and starkly illustrates the dangers of unchecked ambition and centralized planning.