Question

During which period did China face severe famine ?

Answer 1

during the period between 1958 to 1961.

Answer 2

During the period of 1959 to 1961 China faced severe famine.

Explanation:

The serious famine was caused due to the following factors:

• Combined social pressure.
• Lack of proper management .
• Continuous change in principles and policies in the field of agriculture.
• Natural disasters .

Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist Party Chairman, presented radical changes in cultivating approach which was against the concept of farm ownership.

Such rules if not followed was considered as highly punishable crime and this lead to lack of good willing between the emperor and the local mob as result of which the agriculture sector of the country was hit with a massive struck and production of crops felled and caused death of more than 30 million people out of starvation.