Episode 34: The Great Leap Forward (2): Society During the Leap
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English - February 22, 2021 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCourses Education News china chinese chinese history history education asia communism hong kong ccp xi jinping Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
**There is an audio glitch from around 15:30-15:40 that I couldn't fix in the edit! It's only brief and minor, but sorry nonetheless!**
This is part 2 in a 4 part series on the Great Leap Forward. This series will cover the whys and hows of China's disastrous Second Five-Year Plan, showing how the Leap went from an idea, to a reality, to a famine, all within the period of 3 years.
This episode looks at how the Great Leap policies were implemented in villages and cities, and what effects they had on the lives of different sectors of society. We look at how life changd for men and women, rich and poor, urban and rural, and young and old.
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