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Kuritsuka & Chinese famine children. The Chinese famine of 1920–1921 affected the Chinese provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Hunan, and Shanxi. [1] The famine, caused by drought, [2] was worsened by the lack of central authority in the power vacuum of the Warlord Era. [3] An estimated 30 million people were directly affected by the famine, which ...
The drought from 1898-1901 led to a fear of famine, which was a leading cause of Boxer Rebellion. The famine eventually came in Spring 1901. [15] 0.2 million in Shanxi, the worst hit province. Chinese famine of 1906–1907: 1906-07 northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu 20 to 25 million [16] Chinese famine of 1920-1921: 1920–1921
Peasant rebellion in China inspired by famine; [11] [12] Huang Chao captured capital: China: 927–928: Famine caused by four months of frost [13] [14] Byzantine Empire: 942–944 Famine in the Yellow River Basin caused by severe drought and locust plagues. During the first month 5387 families fled, then approximately 10% of the remaining ...
Thus the 1867–68 famine under the Tongzhi Restoration was successfully relieved but the Great North China Famine of 1877–78, caused by drought across northern China, was a catastrophe. The province of Shanxi was substantially depopulated as grains ran out, and desperately starving people stripped forests, fields, and their very houses for food.
The Chinese famine of 1928–1930 occurred as widespread drought hit Northwestern and Northern China, most notably in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. [1] Mortality is estimated to be within 6 million, which already included deaths from famine-led diseases. [ 2 ]
Violence in the Great Chinese Famine: 1959–1961 Nationwide 2.5 million [52] [53] Killings occurred during the Great Chinese Famine. [54] [55] According to Frank Dikötter, at least 2.5 million (2–3 million) people were beaten or tortured to death, which accounted for 6–8% of the total deaths in the famine. [53] [55] [56] Socialist ...
In 1920, the warlord Chen ... even though there was a famine in his province. ... Chinese forces killed many White Russian soldiers and Soviet soldiers in 1944–1946 ...
Chinese famine of 1942–1943; C. ... Chinese famine of 1920–1921; G. Great Chinese Famine; H. Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine; S. Shanghai Orphans; Y. Yunnan ...