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Mao’s weakness as an economic planner and the unrealistic goals of the Great Leap Forward (GLF) were the reasons why the movement failed as a whole. Mao’s failure to “accept that his policies were at fault” (Lynch) resulted in the party not being able “to search for...

Mao was the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed since he the one making all of the plans for the great leap forward: “Mao would not accept that his policies were at fault.” Because he would not recognize his failure and he was blinded by his confidence, the great leap forward was instead...

Mao’s weakness as an economic planner is the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed to the extent that Mao’s economic plans were unrealistic and combined with the conspiracy of silence from the people, the officials, and most importantly, the intellectuals. Lee Feigon had criticized that...

I disagree with this statement to the extent that the reason that the Great Leap Forward failed wasn’t only because Mao was a weak economic planner, but was also because Mao was unwilling to consult...

The great leap forward mostly failed due to its strategies being way too unrealistic. When Mao decided to start the great leap forward he had a mindset of wanting to cure China of its poverty. The result however was that many people were actually killed due to extensive working hours and...

I agree with the statement to the extent that it is completely true and without a doubt. Mao was a poor economic planner and did not agree...

Mao’s weakness as an economic planner is the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed to the extent that Mao never listen to his people properly. An excerpt from A Reinterpretation p 125 by Lee Feigon stated, “Lower-level officials anxious to show results exaggerated their figures, fueling...

Mao’s weakness as an economic planner is the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed to the extent when discussing his economic strategies as well as his pride. As a revisionist, Mao’s economic plannings failed during the Great Leap Forward in that he rejected the ideas that a major...

The reason why the Great Leap Forward failed was primarily due to Mao’s weakness as an economic planner to the extent that according to Michael Lynch  as “Mao would not accept that his polices were at fault.” When the famine struck he did however use it to his advantage by directing a “man made” famine in Tibet such that he caused a “famine that ravaged Tibet between 1959 and 1962”. Michael Lynch further supports this by claiming there was “no reason in nature for the famine…Chinese made it happen.” Thus it is clear that although he could not accept his faults he could still maintain a composed outlook to utilize them to his advantage through a variety of means to eliminate those against him.

Mao’s weakness in planning economic is the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed is proven by Lee Feigon when he claimed that “China’s leaders raised production levels for grain and steel to unrealistic levels while extending the commune movement throughout the country.” After the success...

Mao was not willing to listen to his advisers , he did not think that the fault was on his policies. Instead he put the blame on the “backsliders” who wanted to wrong the...

Mao announced a second Five Year Plan which was the Great Leap Forward (from 1958 to 1963). The purpose of It was to develop agriculture and industry to catch up  with Britain and USA. For achieving this goal, China was reformed into a series of communes. For making farm machinery, a large number of steel is needed, and thus, the people were forced to give up their iron tools. Quickly produced farm machinery in factories did not last long, because thousands of workers were injured after working long hours and falling asleep at their jobs, and making steels needs a large number of coal, the economic of China can not afford it. The problem of the Great Leap Forward was ongoing when the harvest of grain was decrease by the natural disaster such as flood and drought. Between 1959 to 1962, 20 million Chinese people died of starvation and diseases. 

The second five year plan was launched in 1958, pushed forward by an enthusiastic Mao after the apparently staggering success of his first five year plan that ended in ‘56. The basis on which this...

Mao’s weakness as an economic planner was the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed to the extent when regarding Mao’s four nos, his anti-rightist campaigns and his...

The main reason for the failure of the Great Leap Forward was the unwillingness of Mao and the government to acknowledge the faults within their policies during the Great Leap Forward campaign. As stated by Michael Lynch, “Mao would not accept that his policies were at fault … His invariable...