Ep. 4 | The Great Leap Forward
The China History Podcast
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The Great Leap Forward
Mao called a meeting of all the top leaders, and he said that rites outside the party had criticized the great leap forward. And if you knew it was good for you, you knew who to stand behind in this struggle. Ma made it clear in so many words, that either they were with him or with pung do wy. He basically threw down the gauntlet at lushan. The bane of politics, factionalism began to take shape.
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