Great Chinese Famine
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The Great Chinese Famine was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic of China. Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962. Wikipedia
Start date: 1959
End date: 1961
Location: China
Total deaths: 15–55 million
Consequences: Termination of the Great Leap Forward campaign; considered China's most devastating catastrophe