their farms. These people were peasants and had no formal education. Because of this during 1960-1961 the country went through a disastrous famine causing starvation for millions of people. (BBC News)
             Mao withdrew from the public eye because of the failure of the Great Leap Forward and came back with the Cultural Revolution campaign to re-establish his ideologies. To help with his campaign Mao put together a group of associates. Selecting the appropriate associates was important because they were the people who would help spread the ideologies of the Cultural Revolution. First was his wife Jiang Qing. The se
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