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Mao鈥檚 Great Famine: The History of China鈥檚 Most Devastating Catastrophe by Frank Dik枚tter

A Culture Show special on the 主播大秀 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill. Features interviews with the six shortlisted authors and reports from the ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects where the judges revealed the winner of the 20,000 pound prize. Dik枚tter uses newly released documents to recast the shocking history of the People鈥檚 Republic of China and the catastrophic Great Leap Forward.

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