In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster
[DOC] [TLE] People's Republic of China: II [PAR] In 1958 the CCP launched the Great Leap Forward ( ) campaign under the new ... 
the First Five-Year Plan, they--Mao and his fellow radicals in particular--believed 
... natural disasters also played a part); shortages of raw materials for industry;... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster [PAR] Communist government launched the Great Leap Forward (GLF) movement in 
1958.