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PINCHAS LANDAU
Jerusalem Post
12-23-2005
Headline: The great leap forward
Byline: PINCHAS LANDAU
Edition; Daily
Section: Economics
Page: 16

Friday, December 23, 2005 -- In 1958, the late Mao Tse Tung, as he was then known, launched a bold initiative to speed the process of industrialization in China's controlled Communist-style economy, by shifting resources from agriculture to industry. This "Great Leap Forward" proved to be a great disaster, leading to widespread starvation in the countryside in which an estimated 20 million people perished. Half a century later, Mao Zedong, as he is now known, ...

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