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S2 Ep2: Maoism, the Great Leap Forward / Famine and the Sino-Soviet Split

In the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Nightmare

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The Great Leap Forward

In 1959, the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic, hundreds of millions would go hungry. Mao insisted that China repay its debt to Moscow ahead of schedule and even more material was squeezed out of an already diminished supply. In terms of populations, I mean, we are talking about at least the entire modern day population of Australia,. At least 25 million people dying in barely more than just a few years.

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