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Estimates of mortality during the Great Chinese Famine Deaths (in millions) Researchers Year Comments 55 Yu Xiguang (余习广) 2015 Yu is an independent Chinese historian and a former instructor at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, estimated that 55 million people died due to the famine.
Northern Chinese Famine of 1901 1901 Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia The drought from 1898-1901 led to a fear of famine, which was a leading cause of Boxer Rebellion. The famine eventually came in Spring 1901. [15] 0.2 million in Shanxi, the worst hit province. Chinese famine of 1906–1907: 1906-07 northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu 20 to 25 ...
Kuritsuka & Chinese famine children. The Chinese famine of 1920–1921 affected the Chinese provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Hunan, and Shanxi. [1] The famine, caused by drought, [2] was worsened by the lack of central authority in the power vacuum of the Warlord Era. [3] An estimated 30 million people were directly affected by the famine, which ...
The Chinese famine of 1928–1930 occurred as widespread drought hit Northwestern and Northern China, most notably in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu. [1] Mortality is estimated to be within 6 million, which already included deaths from famine-led diseases. [ 2 ]
The Chinese famine of 1942–1943 has been referred to as 'China's forgotten famine', [19] overshadowed by the war that took place around it and the much Great Chinese Famine of 1958–1961. Novelist Liu Zhenyun says that there is a "collective amnesia" in Henan about the famine. [20]
Northern Chinese Famine in Spring 1901, caused by drought from 1898-1901. The famine was one of the causes of the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. [110]
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–62, is a 2010 book by professor and historian Frank Dikötter about the Great Chinese Famine of 1958–1962 in the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong (1893–1976). It was based on four years of research in recently opened Chinese provincial, county, and ...
The Chinese famine of 1333–1337 was a famine resulting from a series of climatic disasters in China, then under Toghon Temür of Yuan dynasty. The famine was aggravated by pestilence laying the whole country waste.