Chinese famine of 1959–1961

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chinese_famine_of_1959–1961
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affects rural population
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Chinese_Famine
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Great_Leap_Forward
natural disasters
government policies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:literature
documentaries
academic research
gptkbp:consequence malnutrition
starvation
population decline
cannibalism
birth rate decline
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:endDate 1961
gptkbp:governmentResponse policy reforms
suppression of information
grain imports
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Mao_Zedong_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese famine of 1959–1961
gptkbp:impact rural reform
agricultural policy changes
gptkbp:location gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Mao_Zedong
gptkb:Deng_Xiaoping
gptkb:Liu_Shaoqi
Peng Dehuai
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Henan
gptkb:Anhui
gptkb:Shandong
gptkb:Sichuan
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Great_Leap_Forward
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Cultural_Revolution
gptkb:Four_Pests_Campaign
gptkbp:startDate 1959
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:economist
historians
demographers
gptkbp:victim 15 million
30 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Famines_in_Asia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7