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Famine in China, 1958–61

Basil Ashton; Kenneth Hill; Alan Piazza; Robin Zeitz · Population and Development Review 10(4), 613–645 · 1984

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Article
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Basil Ashton; Kenneth Hill; Alan Piazza; Robin Zeitz
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DOI 10.2307/1973284
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2026-09-01
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Demographic reconstruction from the 1953, 1964 and 1982 censuses and the 1982 fertility survey; about 30 million excess deaths.

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EstablishedExcess deaths in China's Great Leap Forward famine of 1959–61 are estimated at between 16.5 and 45 million, depending on assumptions and methods.EstablishedAshton, Hill, Piazza and Zeitz (1984), reconstructing China's population data, estimated about 30 million excess deaths in the famine of 1958–61 that followed the Great Leap Forward.