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Great Leap Forward

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Great Leap Forward Summary
1,159 words, approx. 4 pages
The Great Leap Forward was the campaign launched by the Chinese Communist leadership in 1958 to quickly catch up to and leapfrog over Great Britain and the United States. Having become disenchanted with the Soviet-style development strategy that...
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Three Revolutions Movement Summary
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The Three Revolutions movement (Samdae hyongmyong undong; refers to the ideological, technical, and cultural revolutions of the Communist Party) was a campaign that took place in North Korea in the mid-1970s. The purpose of the movement was to boost...
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Great Leap Forward Information
3,998 words, approx. 13 pages
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see Great Leap Forward (disambiguation) The Great Leap Forward (simplified Chinese: 大跃进; traditional Chinese: 大躍進; pinyin: Dàyuèjìn) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and...


News and Journals
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Community Banker
The great leap forward
09/01/2001: 435 words, approx. 2 pages
In an era of uncertainty, it's good to know there are people you can count on. As I sat down to pen this column, America's Community Bankers' staff members reported a barrage of calls from members concerned about the eleventh-hour closure of Mosler....
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The Spectator
Great leap forward
02/11/2006: 1,304 words, approx. 4 pages
Let me at once state an interest: I have just written a book with Maggi Hambling about her life and works, currently available from all good booksellers. But long and intimate knowledge of an artist's oeuvre should not disqualify the critic from writing more;...
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AP News
Great leap forward for NBA: Yao to Yi
6/26/2007: 789 words, approx. 3 pages
They love Yao. Now comes Yi _ Yi Jianlian, the 7-foot power forward who will be among the top choices in Thursday's NBA draft.He'll be the fourth Chinese to make the NBA, but will he have the impact of the Houston Rockets' Yao Ming? Or...
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AP News
Official vows more factories in India
2/7/2007: 566 words, approx. 2 pages
Protests by angry farmers will not deter India's communists from razing farms to build factories in eastern India, a top official said Wednesday, hours after a policeman was killed by demonstrators near the site of a proposed industrial park.Plans by the communist-led government of West...
 


Criticism and Essays
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
China under Mao Zedong
688 words, approx. 2 pages
Essay answers the question "Why was the Great Leap Forward program a failure?"
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Importance of China's Great Leap Forward
554 words, approx. 2 pages
Discusses China's 2nd 5-Year Plan which followed the failure of its first was launched in 1958, known as the Great Leap Forward. Examines the importance and the significance of the GLF for China.


 

Great Leap Forward

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