1975 Banqiao Dam failure
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In August 1975, the Banqiao Dam and 61 others throughout Henan, China, collapsed following the landfall of Typhoon Nina. The ensuing flood was among the deadliest floods in China, and was the third-de
The backyard furnaces used to produce steel in Xinyang, Henan during the Great Leap Forward
The "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture" Campaign was a campaign organized by Mao Zedong in 1963. The campaign encouraged peasants from all over China to follow from the example of the farmers of the vi
1975 Banqiao Dam failure
…experts have also stated that the focus on peasant steel production during the Great Leap Forward, as well as a number of policies from the campaign to "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture", severely damaged the ecosystem and forest cover in the region, which was a major cause of the flood, and the government's mishandling of the dam…
Propaganda poster. The text says, "Let the whole Party mobilize its membership to practice agriculture on a large scale; let them fight to popularize Dazhai County!"