In which year China face the worst famines
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Forty years ago China was in the middle of the world's largest famine: between the spring of 1959 and the end of 1961 some 30 million Chinese starved to death and about the same number of births were lost or postponed.
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Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. The Great Chinese Famine 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 (15-55 millions+).
Observations: Considered China's most devastating catastrophe. Result of the Great ...
Period: 1959–1961
Total deaths: 15–55 million
Consequences: Termination of the Great Leap Forward campaign
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