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Famine in the PRC.
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Famine in the PRC.
A review of "Hungry Ghosts - Famine and its Signs in Chinese Cities, 1958-1962." by Jasper Becker.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages) |
1 source |
2005
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This paper reviews "Hungry Ghosts" by Jasper Becker, sharing with the reader how urban populations did not know full extent of famine of 1958-1962 even though they were alert to old signs of famine as often known in Chinese history. According to this paper, state censorship propaganda and the passport system kept news from moving openly, but cities continued to receive rural vagrants desperate for food defying the passport system.From the Paper:
"The little-reported famine in the new People's Republic of China (PRC) was not seen, in its full extent, by city dwellers. However, a chapter in Jasper Becker's 'Hungry Ghosts' imparts how there were clear signs that things were not going well in the countryside. (1998) However much Chairman Mao put into propaganda and censorship to hide Communist failures, the public had the wisdom of centuries in terms of recognizing, yet again, bad government."More papers on Famine in the PRC.:
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Famine in the PRC. (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Famine-in-the-PRC/86215
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"Famine in the PRC." 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Famine-in-the-PRC/86215>
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