History of Everything: Maos Madness and The Great Leap Forward
History of Everything
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The Four Pests Campaign
Mao wanted China to be the world's number one steel manufacturer with 100 million tons being produced. The United States at this time was making over 2000 percent more, which means that China over five years wanted to increase their industrial output for steel by 2000 percent. But none of that mattered to Mao. It got produced. Doesn't matter. Call quantity over quality. That is the point. Do you remember when we talked about this before Gabby? Like the four pest campaign with the whole thing with the sparrows? Yes. Exactly.
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