Mao’s China · TURNING POINT ·
Mao’s visit to Xushui (1958)
On the Mao’s China map as “Xushui”
4 Aug 1958 — On a visit to Xushui county, Hebei, Mao heard leaders claim that their harvest was too large to store. “What will you do with so much grain?” he asked, imagining that peasants might eat five meals a day. Such boasts would form the basis for the next procurement quotas.
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- The People’s Republic under Mao, 1949–1976
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