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Great Leap Forward

1958–1962 Chinese socioeconomic campaign
Organization campaign Q58715
Great Leap Forward
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Summary

Great Leap Forward is a campaign[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,917 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Mao Zedong[3]
  • Country: People's Republic of China[4]
  • Commons category: Great Leap Forward[5]
  • Has part(s): Great Chinese Famine[6], collective farming[7], denunciation rally[8], forced labor[9]
  • Start time: February 1, 1958[10]
  • End time: 1962[11]
  • Point in time: 1958[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Great Leap Forward[13]
  • Commons gallery: Great Leap Forward[14]
  • Described by source: Seven Thousand Cadres Conference[15]
  • Has effect: Great Chinese Famine[16]
  • Native label: 大跃进[17]
  • Has goal: industrialisation[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[19], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

Great Leap Forward has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Mao Zedong People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . The Rise of Modern China, Sixth Edition. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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