Grande famine chinoise

La grande famine de Chine (chinois simplifié : 三年大饥荒 ; chinois traditionnel : 三年大饑荒 ; pinyin : sān nián dà jī huāng), appelé officiellement les Trois années de catastrophes naturelles (chinois simplifié : 三年自然灾害 ; chinois traditionnel : 三年自然災害 ; pinyin : sān nián zì rán zāi hài), fut la période en République populaire de Chine entre 1958 et 1961 caractérisé par une famine très étendue. Selon les données officielles des statistiques gouvernementales, elle aurait fait 15 millions de morts. Les estimations officieuses sont variables, mais sont souvent considérablement plus élevées. Le journaliste chinois Yang Jisheng, après 10 ans d'études, estime le nombre de victimes à 36 millions.^[1]

Voir aussi

Notes

↑ "A hunger for the truth: A new book, banned on the mainland, is becoming the definitive account of the Great Famine.", chinaelections.org, 7 July 2008

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[hunger-1] "A hunger for the truth: A new book, banned on the mainland, is becoming the definitive account of the Great Famine.", chinaelections.org, 7 July 2008

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