Interview with Fang Xuekun

Fang Xuekun said that the People's Commue was a total failure. The Great Leap Forward movement gave only empty promises. The village cadres bragged about production and sold all harvest including grain seeds to the state. In 1959 many people were sick because of starvation. Their belly was so bloated and big. He almost died. People had to mix kaolin clay with little grain to eat in order to survive.

方学坤说农业社是失败的，大跃进都是做一些虚空的事。干部们都在那里吹牛,他们把粮食交公粮，连谷种都拿去交了. 1959年很多人都饿病了，人们肚子都肿起来了，肿到了胸前，他差一点就死了. 人们把观音土搭上粮食一起吃.

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