More than 15 million excess worldwide deaths to date. Sandre Solsted @TheEconomist

Photo: In China under Mao, his mandated Great Leap resulted in tens of millions of deaths, with estimates ranging between 15 and 55 million deaths, making the Great Chinese Famine the largest famine in human history. Chief changes in the lives of rural Chinese people included the incremental introduction of obligatory agricultural collectivization.  Here:  Chinese plague, removing bodies

More than 15 million excess worldwide deaths to date.  Sandre Solsted @TheEconomist