Chinese famine of 1928–1930

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Famine victims at Zhongshan Bridge, Lanzhou

The Chinese famine of 1928–1930 occurred as widespread drought hit Northwestern and Northern China, most notably in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu.[1] Mortality is estimated to be within 6 million, which already included deaths from famine-led diseases.[2] The inefficiency of relief has been pointed out as a factor which aggravated the famine.[3][4]

Death toll[]

Gansu's population in 1922 was 6,403,339,[5] before the famine struck in 1928 its population likely reached 7 million. Of which, an estimate of 2.5-3.0 million of Gansu people died.[2] Shaanxi's population in 1928 was 11,802,446,[5] an estimate of 3 million died. In total 6 million died.[2] Some put the mortality as high as 10 million.[6][7]

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References[]

  1. ^ Li, Yucai (2006). 冯玉祥与民国年间豫陕甘大赈灾(1928-1930) [Feng Yu-xiang's Relief Work of Drought in Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces During Min Guo Period (1928-1930)]. Zhōngguó Nóngshǐ 中国农史 [Agricultural History of China] (in Chinese). 25 (1): 73–81. ISSN 1000-4459. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  2. ^ a b c Li, Lillian M. (2007). Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market, and Environmental Decline, 1690s–1990s (PDF). Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 303–307. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-27. In Gansu the estimated mortality was 2.5 to 3 million [...] In Shaanxi, out of a population of 13 million, an estimated 3 million died of hunger or disease
  3. ^ Chen, Sherong (2002). 浅析1928-1930年西北大旱灾的特点及影响 [An Elementary Study about the Characteristics and the Effect of the Great Drought in Northwest China from 1928 to 1930]. Gùyuán Shīzhuān Xuébào 固原师专学报 [Journal of Guyuan Teachers College] (in Chinese). 23 (1). Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  4. ^ "话说民国十八年（1928）的大饥荒". Zhōngguó Qīngnián Wǎng 中国青年网 (in Chinese). 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  5. ^ a b 侯杨方 (2001). 中国人口史 第六卷: 1910-1953年. 复旦大学出版社. pp. 129, 134.
  6. ^ Li, Lilian (2007). Fighting Famine in North China: State, Market and Environmental Decline, 1690s-1990s. Stanford University Press. p. 284.
  7. ^ Vernoff, E.; Seybolt, P. J. Through Chinese Eyes: Tradition, Revolution, and Transformation.


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