China's forbidden memory of the greatest famine in history
'Mao's Fraught Legacy' (2/7). The Great Leap Forward, imposed on China by Mao Zedong from 1958 to 1961, triggered one of the deadliest famines in human history. In rural areas, especially in Henan province, where peasants paid the heaviest price for this economic policy, the topic remains taboo.
We haven't written up this one. Le Monde English has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.