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articles/2013/11/24/an-oral-history-of-mao-s-greatest-crime/131122-mao-famine-tease_nszrld

China’s Greatest Crime

In four years, China’s Great Famine killed more than 45 million people. The forgotten survivors of a forgotten genocide tell their story.

Zhou Xun

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