Question

"The Chinese Communists’ disastrous attempt in the late 1950s to depart from the Soviet model by rapidly establishing locally directed communes was known as"____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Great Leap Forward

Explanation:

Mao Zedong was the chairman of Communist Party of china (CPC) since its establishment in 1949 until 1976.

It was five year plan 1958-62 to industrialise china in the shortest amount of time and was aimed at producing mass amount of steel and grain.  It was started in 1958 by Mao Zedong but the  plan failed to industrialise the Chinese economy and thousand of Chinese were killed.

Commune was at the centre of the plan, a commune was combination of smaller farm collectives and had 4000-5000 households.