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This text analyzes the dramatic shifts in Chinese Communist Party economic policy during the mid to late 1950s which eventually resulted in 30 to 45 million dea
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This text analyzes the dramatic shifts in Chinese Communist Party economic policy during the mid to late 1950s which eventually resulted in 30 to 45 million dea
The Nature of Disaster in China
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Pages: 312
Authors: Chris Courtney
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-15 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In 1931, China suffered a catastrophic flood that claimed millions of lives. This was neither a natural nor human-made disaster. Rather, it was created by an in
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China's Great Train
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