Backyard furnace in Guangdong in 1958

Yunfu county (云浮县), Guangdong 西江糖厂附属炼铁土高炉. 1958年7月1日，云浮县委成立“钢铁工业领导小组”，随后掀起“全党全民大办钢铁”的高潮。全县建起炼铁高炉300多座，投入13万多劳动力，大砍林木作燃料，炼出一堆堆烧结铁、氧化铁 Source

A collection: Backyard steel furnaces at the Yumen oilfield in 1958

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Deng Xiaoping and Wang Jinxi at Daqing in 1961

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Yumen oil workers hold a ceremony for China’s first self made large-type drill in 1960

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Guinean President Ahmed Sékou Touré and Mao Zedong share a meal in 1960

September 9, 1960 Source

A collection: Great Leap Forward food cartoons

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American cartoon on the Great Leap Forward from 1961

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A rural production brigade takes an oath at the start of the Great Leap Forward in 1958

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Mao, Liu Shaoqi, He Long, and Li Fuchun watch a ping pong match in 1959

May 1959 Source

Marshal Ye Jianying attends China’s first remote controlled airplane competition in 1959

December 1959 in Beijing Source

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