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The Institutional Causes of China’s Great Famine, 1959–1961

This study investigates the causes of the Chinese Great Famine (1959–1961), which killed more than any other famine in history: 16.5 to 45 million individuals, most of whom were living in rural areas, perished in just over three years.1 The existing literature on …

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