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Why did China follow Mao during the Great Leap Forward? Did they ever question him?

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Why did China follow Mao during the Great Leap Forward? Did they ever question him?

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At first, the Chinese economy did grow, but it ended up being an economic failure. China followed Mao because they believed that he really knew what he was talking about. The problem was that Mao wasn’t an economist, a scientist or an engineer, and many of the ideas he was pushing were very experimental and not founded on any known science or knowledge. Mao actually ended up stepping down as the party’s chairman because of the failure of the Great Leap Forward and the leadership didn’t let him guide policy again. Until his death he was more or less a figurehead for Communist China.