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Running head: MAO ZEDONG AND THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD 1
Mao Zedong and the Great Leap Forward
Scott McTavish
Southern New Hampshire University

MAO ZEDONG AND THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD 2
Thesis Statement
Despite the Great Leap Forward being intended to accomplish major economic and technical development at a much faster rate and
with greater results like a utopian society in China, the plan ended in an unprecedented human disaster due to focus on unrealistic
goals and lack of sufficient planning.
Historical Context
Article Citation and
Name of Event
Historical Context of Event Impact of Historical Context on Thesis Statement
China's Global
Identity:
Considering the
Responsibilities of
Great Power.
Author: Boon, H. T.
(2018). China's
The article captures the identity of high power in China
based on its position and the role the United States
played in shaping its face. Similarly, it examines the
question of the role of China as a responsible power in
major diplomacy trajectories.
Based power responsibility that was evident in China in
their attempts to realize their identity, the historical