Four Pests Campaign
1958 · Event
A mass campaign to exterminate sparrows and pests that backfired ecologically, worsening famine.
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- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Yuan dynasty (1271)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
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