That Time Chairman Mao Officially Declared War on China's Ecosystem [Cold War]

In 1958, Red China got a little bit carried away with pest control and accidentally kick-started the greatest famine in human history. Central planning is a helluva drug...

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:52 Mao's China
2:16 The 4 Pests of China
4:59 The Sparrow Genocide
7:01 Consequences
8:36 Tso-Hsin Cheng
10:04 Mao’s Folly
10:31 Conclusion