{
  "id": 19692,
  "title": "China is making a great leap forward in food production – this time for real",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/china-is-making-a-great-leap-forward-in-food-production-this-time-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-07-31T12:30:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3362510/china-making-great-leap-forward-food-production-time-real"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In June 1958, as China’s Great Leap Forward campaign gained traction, state media began reporting astronomical agricultural yields, including claims from central Henan province of over 3,000 jin per mu – more than 22 tonnes per hectare. That month, scientist Qian Xuesen, father of China’s rocket programme, published theoretical calculations on maximum solar energy conversion during crop…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}