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Historian Frank Dikötter says Great Leap Forward deaths were at least 45 million
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How China Fakes Its Success with Frank Dikotter
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""Um, so yes, of course, I mean, what is 45 million plus? I say it's a minimum of 45 million people. It could be 50.""
Frank Dikötter says deaths during China’s Great Leap Forward were a minimum of 45 million and could be closer to 50 million. He adds that an exact figure is impossible and that any total is only a rough approximation. Dikötter also says some Chinese historians have estimated around 50 million deaths.
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- Frank Dikötter · guest
- Programme
- Triggernometry
- Episode
- How China Fakes Its Success with Frank Dikotter
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- 1:09:31
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