Episode 1412 • • 1:33:43 - 1:36:41
1412: Oil Ball Panic
Mao Zedong, Great Leap Forward Famine History
The history of the Great Leap Forward under Mao Zedong serves as a backdrop to China's current obsession with food security. The failed industrialization plan of 1958 led to a massive man-made famine that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 45 million people.