1. China and the Great Leap Forward
To a certain extent the GLF's impact on China's economy was a failure overall because of Mao's poor economic planning, he thought that if China increased their industry and agriculture it would make China's economic situation flourish and it would make China 'leap' ahead of the world's leading countries and it would be done through a second five year plan running from 1958 to 1963. ... Although industry was the main focus of the GLF the agriculture was still important and Mao thought that by increasing the amount of agriculture China's economy will also...
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