In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster
In 1958, 16.4 million peasants, about twice the size of the industrial 
labor... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Leap Forward - Alpha History [PAR] A 1958 picture showing peasants toiling during the Great Leap Forward ... Mao 
Zedong's impatience for industrial and manufacturing growth (in his words, more
, faster, better, cheaper).