Explanation: The Great Leap Forward was intended to modernize the Chinese economy following the communist revolution. Mao had toured China after coming to power in 1949 and concluded that the Chinese people were capable of anything. ... Mao announced the Great Leap Forward plan would last from 1958 to 1963.
The correct answer is D. During the years of the Great Leap Forward, hungry and malnourished laborers worked on communes and collective farms in China.
Explanation:
The Great Leap Forward was an industrial and agricultural project in China from 1958 to 1962. The project, planned as China's second five-year plan, was initiated by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai in the belief that it would create a great leap forward for China, mainly in the form of greatly increased steel production and increased productivity in agriculture through the introduction of state collective agriculture, so-called public municipalities.
The plan, however, led to economic chaos and to famine in the countryside. There are no sure figures on the magnitude of the famine disaster because the statistical data is problematic, and the estimates vary from a few million up to several tens of millions of deaths.
Many of them, were probably in economic and political distress. Leaders of these nations believed siding with the Soviets would be a better decision, Soviets gave support politically, economically and military support.
