Timeline
- 1958�1962
- Campaign to industrialize China rapidly
Goals
- Surpass UK steel output
- Commune system
- Mass mobilization
Outcomes
- Steel produced in backyard furnaces
- Fake reports of agricultural success
- Massive famine (est. 15�45 million dead)
- Ecological devastation
Aftermath
- Mao loses political clout
- Moderate policies temporarily return