Mao Zedong's Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to eliminate pests but led to ecological imbalance and a catastrophic famine.

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The population of China, the world’s second ... inhabitants shrank as a result of the famine derived from the failed industrialization policy of the Great Leap Forward. The 2024 decline ...