The Failure of the Great Leap Forward

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How did the following lead to the failure of the Great Leap Forward?

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Failure of collectivisation

  • Great motivator for Mao to carry out the Great Leap Forward, but he has been lied to

  • lack of food as fuel for peasants to carry out the tasks needed


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Steel produced in backyard furnaces was of very low quality

  • Producing a large volume of practically useless products

  • People being employed for useless jobs


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Lack of profit motive for peasants

Lack of incentive to cooperate

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Russian experts leaving China

  • Less strategic knowledge & advice

  • Lack of scapegoat for Mao


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The biggest reason for the failure of the Great Leap Forward was Russian Experts leaving China. To what extent do you agree with this statement (16)

  • Russian experts leaving China

  • Failure of collectivisation

  • Low quality steel/ lack of profit motive