China's "Great Leap Forward"

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The Great Leap Forward was a failed economic and social campaign launched by Mao Zedong in China from 1958 to 1962. It aimed to transform China from an agricultural economy into a modern industrialized society in a short period of time. However, the campaign led to a series of policy failures and mismanagement, including the government's policy of melting down peasants' farm tools, which contributed to a major famine that caused the deaths of millions of people.