Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Mukati ma1958<unk>1960 China yakaramba iri mutengesi mukuru wezviyo, pasinei nenzara yakapararira yakaitika kumaruwa, sezvo Mao akatsvaka kuchengeta chiso uye kugutsikana nenyika yokunze yekubudirira kwezvirongwa zvake. Rubatsiro rwekunze rwakarambwa. Apo gurukota rezvekunze reJapan rakaudza mumwe wake wokuChina Chen Yi nezvokupiwa kwamatani 100 000 egorosi kuti atumirwe kunze kwenyika, akarambwa. John F. Kennedy aizivawo kuti vaChina vakanga vachitengesa zvokudya kuAfrica neCuba munguva yenzara uye akati "hatina kuva nechiratidzo kubva kuvaKomonisiti veChina chokuti vaizogamuchira kupiwa kupi nokupi kwezvokudya". Nokuderedzwa kukuru kwezvibereko, kunyange nzvimbo dzomumaguta dzakatambura migove yakaderedzwa zvikuru; zvisinei, nzara huru yakanga yakaganhurirwa zvikuru kumaruwa, uko, somuuyo wezviverengero zvokubudisa zvakanyanyisa, zviyo zvishomanene zvikuru zvakasara kuti varimi vadye. Kushomeka kwezvokudya kwakanga kwakakomba munyika yose; zvisinei, mapurovhinzi akanga agamuchira chinjo dzaMao nesimba guru, akadai seAnhui, Gansu neHenan, aiwanzotambura zvisina kuenzana. Sichuan, rimwe remapurovhinzi eChina ane vanhu vakawanda zvikuru, rinozivikanwa muChina se"Dura reZvokudya reKudenga" nemhaka yokuva rakanaka kwazvo, rinofungidzirwa kuva rakanga riine nhamba huru zvikurusa yavakafa nenzara nemhaka yesimba iro mutungamiriri wepurovhinzi Li Jinquan akaita naro gadziridzo dzaMao. Munguva yeGreat Leap Forward, zviitiko zvekuuraya vanhu zvaiitikawo muzvikamu zveChina zvakanga zvakatambudzwa zvikuru nenzara. Kutambura kukuru kwakatambudzwa kunyange neavo vakapukunyuka nzara. Munyori Yan Lianke uyo akatsungirira Great Leap achikura muHenan akadzidziswa naamai vake "kuziva marudzi anonyanya kudyiwa ebark nevhu. Apo miti yose yakanga yadzurwa uye pakanga pasisina ivhu, akadzidza kuti zvimedu zvamazimbe zvaigona kunyaradza dhiabhorosi mudumbu rake, kanenge kwechinguvana. "Nzira dzokurima dzeGreat Leap Forward nenzara yakabatanidzwa zvakapfuurira kutozosvikira muna January 1961, apo, paNyika Yechipfumbamwe yePlenum ye8th Central Committee ye...  Mubvunzo: Nzara dzinowanzokonzera chii?
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