Today’s podcast is something that is such a vast subject, that my 16 minutes barely scratches the surface.  There’s still so much to learn about what happened, and all of the events that led up to the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961, aka “The Great Leap Forward”.

As usual, you can download the podcast from this link, find us on iTunes at this link, or listen to the podcast in the below player.

Sources for the podcast are as follows:

• Wikipedia: The Great Chinese Famine
• The New York Times: Unnatural Disaster – Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962, by Yang Jisheng
• The Guardian: China’s Great Famine – The True Story
• Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding: Years of Famine In China
• China Perspectives: Frank Dikötter, Mao’s Great Famine, The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962