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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
Northern Chinese Famine in Spring 1901, caused by drought from 1898-1901. The famine was one of the causes of the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. [112] China (Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces) and Inner Mongolia: 200,000 in Shaanxi province. 1904–1906: Famine in Spain [113] [114] [115] Spain: 1906–1907: Chinese famine of 1906–1907: China
The major contributing factors in the famine were the policies of the Great Leap Forward (1958 to 1962) and people's communes, launched by Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Mao Zedong, such as inefficient distribution of food within the nation's planned economy; requiring the use of poor agricultural techniques; the Four Pests campaign ...
Chinese officials engaged in famine relief, 19th-century engraving. Chinese scholars had kept count of 1,828 instances of famine from 108 BC to 1911 in one province or another—an average of close to one famine per year. From 1333 to 1337 a famine in the north killed 6 million Chinese. The four famines of 1810, 1811, 1846, and 1849 cost ...
Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6] 15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [8] 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu, Shaanxi. [9 ...
Chinese famine of 1928–1930; Chinese famine of 1942–1943; C. China International Famine Relief Commission; Chinese famine of 1920–1921; G. Great Chinese Famine; H.
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 ]
If an estimate of 30 million deaths is accepted, the failure of the Great Leap Forward caused the deadliest famine in the history of China, and it also caused the deadliest famine in human history. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] This extremely high loss of human lives was partially caused by China's large population .