Third Front (China)
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The Third Front Movement or Third Front Construction was a Chinese government campaign to develop industrial and military facilities in the country's interior. The campaign was motivated by strategic
China Nuclear City in Haiyan County, Qinghai, that carries China's nuclear weapons program
Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan
Panzhihua Iron and Steel factory built on mountains
Chengdu-Kunming Railway that links Chengdu and Kunming, but also important facilities like Xichang Satellite Launch Center and Pangang
Great Leap Forward
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The Great Leap Forward was an industrialization campaign within China from 1958 to 1962, led by the Chinese Communist Party. CCP Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to transform the country from
Government officials being sent to work in the countryside, 1957
A canteen in a people's commune, 1958
A minecart leading to the steel base, October 1957
Backyard furnaces in the countryside, 1958