Three Years of Natural Disasters
The
Three Years of Natural Disasters (三年自然灾害/三年自然災害) refers to the period in the
People's Republic of China between
1959 and
1961. It was the last
famine China had, after thousands of years of famines, including one during the 1940s, prior to communist rule.
See also: Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)