History of Everything: Maos Madness and The Great Leap Forward
History of Everything
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The History of the Communist Party in China
Mao Zedong wanted to turn China into the utopia that was capable of out producing even the United States over a short, short time period. He promised at this time that there was going to be a bright, new communist future. The previous 150 years or so had been filled with warfare and terrible mismanagement by varying aspects of government.
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