Article eluded to it. The famine was self inflected. Part of the “great leap forward”<p>It’s now one of those topics that’s not safe to discuss.<p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/mao-s-great-leap-forward-killed-45-million-four-years-2081630.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/...</a>