Great Leap Forward

Chinese economic planning under Mao part 1of2

Part 1 of 2. From a 6 hour documentary series called, “China: A Century of Revolution”. This is a good historical example of government planning in an economy. This is china under the rule of Mao zhe dong. The chinese people worked as a collective and obeyed the rules of the chinese government. The policy ...

The Great Leap Forward Begins in China – CIA Archives Documentary (1958)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Great Leap Forward (simplified Chinese: 大跃进; traditional Chinese: 大躍進; pinyin: Dà yuè jìn) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign of the Communist Party of China (CPC), reflected in planning decisions from 1958 to 1961, which aimed to use China’s vast population to rapidly transform ...

CIA Archives: China’s Great Leap Forward – Part 2 (1958)

1958 www.amazon.com Watch the full film: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com In October 1949 after the defeat of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Communist Party proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Immediately, landlords and wealthier peasants had their land holdings forcibly redistributed to poorer peasants. In the agricultural sectors, crops deemed by the Party to be “full ...

Great Leap Forward Documentary

A group of my peers and i made this video for school, it turned out so well that i thought i might as well post it on my channel. And i know, the second person to talk in the video miss pronounced famine, multiple times. Please do not use this as a source of information ...

Communism: The Promise and The Reality – Great Leap Forward [2/6]

PBS People’s Century Communism: The Promise and the Reality Part 4 Great Leap Forward

CIA Archives: China’s Great Leap Forward – Part 1 (1958)

1958 www.amazon.com Watch the full film: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com This film explores the industry and culture of the cities of Tianjin and Beijing. The Great Leap Forward of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social plan used from 1958 to 1961 which ostensibly aimed to use China’s vast population to rapidly transform the ...

Communism: The Promise and The Reality – Great Leap Forward [1/6]

PBS People’s Century Communism: The Promise and the Reality Part 4 Great Leap Forward