Tombstone
by Jisheng Yang · first published 2012
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An account of the famine that killed roughly thirty-six million Chinese during the Great Leap Forward examines how the communist ideologies and collectivization campaigns perpetuated by the country's leaders caused the catastrophe.
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You should read the book Tombstone by Yang Jisheng.
…authoritarian government's "strength" is also its weakness when fault lies with the strongman at the helm. (As an aside, Yang Jisheng is the author of perhaps the most comprehensive account of the famine, "Tombstone." Are there any universities in China teaching his work? Are his books even allowed to be published?)
on “BBC offices in India raided by tax officials amid Modi documentary fallout” ↗Read Tombstone by Yang Jisheng.
on “Chinese local governments rush to admit fake data” ↗…like asking for a citation confirming that France was key for the American colonies winning their independence from GB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine Yang Jisheng (30 October 2012). Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-374-27793-2. Kimberley Ens Manning; Felix Wemheuer; Gao Hua (1 January 2011). "Food Augmentation Methods and Food Substitutes…
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