Reddit reviews Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962
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No, it's completely true and was one of / if not the primary cause of mass starvation. FourNominalCents should not be downvoted. Mao's government gave unachievable production quotas. Officials who didn't hit them were executed. So everyone 'hit' the quotas. Millions starved with stockpiles of food kept by the government. People asking for food were refused, as production data showed they had plenty. The claim the government didn't know is absurd though. This book, Tombstone is probably considered the most thoroughly primary-sourced account of what happened and why. It's extremely long but even the Amazon summary should give you a source.
If you're interested, I'd recommend this book. It is heavy in statistics.
http://www.amazon.com/Tombstone-Great-Chinese-Famine-1958-1962-ebook/dp/B008MWNEXI
Read it from someone who actually lived through it:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MWNEXI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Read actual scholarly work on it:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BDOM24/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
(I have read both books.)