There is no official and semi-official statistics on how many people died in the "three-year natural disaster". Regarding the reasons for the death, the official attitude is to identify them as "three-year natural disaster". There are many other views, but most of them are vague. According to Comrade Bo Yibo's book "Review of Several Major Decisions and Events", there are a lot of information, which should be generally credible. On page 873 of the review book, Bo wrote: "According to statistics, the total population of the country decreased by 1,000 in 1960.

More than ten million." The population decrease should refer to the number of deaths minus the number of births, but considering that famine had begun in 1959, the number of births in 1960 should not be too large, so the more than 10 million can basically be considered as the number of deaths in 1960. Considering that Bo took 1960 as an example, the reason should be that 1960 was the year with the largest deaths. Based on this, the total death toll in the three-year natural disaster period should be more than 20 million.

In July 1959, the Yangtze River in East China experienced floods. According to data from the Disaster Center, due to flooding and the famine caused by the subsequent poor harvest, the direct death toll from the flood was estimated to be 2 million, and other regions were somewhat affected. This disaster was ranked seventh among the most deaths in the 20th century.

In 1960, 55 of the cultivated land suffered more or less drought or other bad weather, and 60% of the cultivated land had no rainfall at all. The Britannia Yearbook from 1958 to 1962 also reported abnormal weather.

Nobel Prize winner and famine research expert Amatia Kumar Sen believes that the cause of most famines is not only due to the decline in food production, but also due to unreasonable or inefficient food distribution, but also usually combined with the lack of information about the severity of the problem or simply intentionally misleading information. In China's 59-61 famine, residents enjoyed quantitative rations. In contrast, because of the new collective economy, rural underground officials left far less surplus to local farmers because they rushed to falsely report their commune harvest yields.

At that time, China experienced a series of major policy mistakes. The greatest influence was the "exaggeration" and "great steelmaking" during the Great Leap Forward. These practices led to devastating destruction of most of the country's means of production, and trees were cut down and farmland was deserted. At that time, hunger caused a sharp decline in national fertility rates due to the lack of food in rural areas. The national praise of the people's commune canteens with production teams led to "letting go and having enough food", and the implementation of labor without compensation led to a sharp decline in labor efficiency. In the case of severe famine in the country, from 1958 to 1959, the Chinese government still purchased large quantities of inflated production figures reported below, exporting large quantities of grain to socialist countries such as the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to rapidly develop military industry. The annual exported grain volume reached the highest in history, at 4.1575 million tons.

To be honest, although Mao ZD retreated to the second line during the Great Steel Making and the Great Leap Forward, he was still the highest decision-maker of the Party and the country. The Great Leap Forward cannot be completely denied, but the Great Leap Forward was at the cost of serious deprivation of farmers. Mao ZD did not expect that the primitive accumulation of socialism could not avoid the tragedy of the primitive accumulation of capitalism. Such as the absurdity of the whole nation in steelmaking and the prodigal farce of "eating and wearing fucking clothes" in the communist canteen, although it was done by the people below. As the supreme leader, Mao ZD still has to bear the main responsibility. Of course, many people must be responsible. Is it not objective that others are sober and only one person makes mistakes?

"We will do our best to aid China, but we cannot be in the name of the official place yet." Wu Ming patiently explained to Chen Jiageng: "This involves a nominal issue. If the Malayan government makes a rash move at this time, it will be regarded as a charity by the Chinese Communist Party government, which will easily delay things."

"You just came back. Some situations may not be known yet." Wu Ming said with a serious expression: "U.S. President Kennedy and his government have also paid special attention to China's current situation. They believe that the severe situation in China and the increasingly evil changes between China and the Soviet Union have brought the United States an opportunity to adjust its policy to China and decided to try to extend an olive branch to China through food aid. The United States has proposed two plans. One without any conditions: allowing China to purchase 3 million to 5 million tons of wheat from the United States with hard currency. Another plan with political conditions is: If China agrees to give up its military and political pressure on its neighboring countries

Strength. The US agreed to sell tens of millions of tons of wheat to China every year through long-term and low-interest credit sales. Kennedy made it clear that if the Chinese government agrees that the people's lives are affected, the United States will provide as much help as possible from a humanitarian standpoint, and the United States can even send relief packages to the poor in China. However, in the ambassador-level communication between China and the United States, Wang Bingnan said on behalf of the Chinese government that although China has been affected by natural disasters, he is confident that he can rely on his own strength to solve these difficulties. The Chinese people will never rely on the alms of others to live, and will not trade with principles. Therefore, he rejected the US food aid proposal."

"That's right!" Chen Jiageng murmured: "Self-esteem and backbone, but this is related to the survival of countless people!"

"Not only that, the Chinese government also rejected the Soviet Union's food aid and only accepted Cuban sugar. Mr. Chen should understand the meaning of this." Wu Ming continued: "There has been a fire in Indochina. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has decided to unify Vietnam in an armed manner and send a large number of military personnel to South Vietnam to organize armed subversion. Both China and the Soviet Union need to establish their own image in the international communist movement, and therefore actively support North Vietnam's attack on the south. Although there is US military aid, political authoritarianism and corruption have caused the people of the Wu Tingyan government to lose their hearts and are unable to prevent the expansion of the national liberation front from expanding its power. The US military will join the war sooner or later. I cannot prevent the first rise of the Japanese economy, but I must not give up the second opportunity. Malaya will benefit from this war. If the blockade of the Strait of Malacca is not lifted, it is estimated that Malaya's economy will surpass Japan around 1970."

"This is also a reason." Chen Jiageng sighed helplessly, "The next presidential election is imminent. I heard that you are ready to give up the election. Who is the successor? I am worried about whether the continuity of the policy can be guaranteed."

"Successor?" Wu Ming smiled, "This is a matter within the party. I will not designate it, nor will I lean towards someone. However, according to my judgment, Xiaomei is very likely to become a candidate within the party, which is also a precedent, Malaya's first female president."

"What about you? Are you ready to go for a happy and happy life?" Chen Jiageng said dissatisfied.

"They want to give me the position of government consultant, consultant, consultant, and ask me when I am in charge, and don't ask if I don't care. I am still very satisfied with this." Wu Ming smiled and said: "As for the continuity of policies, I don't think there is any need to worry. This is a comprehensive aid plan formulated by the government. Except for the nominal private ones, the rest are government actions. I hope you can be satisfied with Mr. Chen."

Chen Jiageng took it, looked carefully, and nodded in appreciation, "It seems that you have prepared for this amount of aid items. Such a large number of aid items cannot be collected in a short time."

"I hope he can't use it, but the situation develops, alas!" Wu Ming sighed and said sincerely: "Mr. Chen, you are old, don't run around anymore. These things will be left to the people below."
Chapter completed!