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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

The Great Chinese Famine was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is widely regarded as the deadliest famine and one of the greatest man-made disasters in human history, with an estimated death toll due to starvation that ranges in the tens of millions (15 to 55 million).

That's 3% to 10% of China's population starved to death at the time.




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