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Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–1962

Frank Dikötter · Walker & Co. (New York); Bloomsbury (London) · 2010

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Book
Author
Frank Dikötter
Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
ISBN 9780802777683. Based on provincial and county party archives; estimates at least 45 million premature deaths, at the top of the scholarly range.

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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.