Wade in China中国制躁

Data.

数据

We pull the numbers, line them up, and say what they rest on.

Land reform 土地改革 · 1947 to 1952

How many died?

Six historians. Six numbers. A hundred thousand to five million. Nobody has the full archive.

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SourceWeight
Jeffrey Javed
declines a figure
90
Julia C. Strauss
1 to 5 million
70
Zuo Ci 左慈
about 100,000, attributed to Mao
60
Brian DeMare
at least 2 million
50
Frederick C. Teiwes
1 to 2 million executed
30
Frank Dikotter
no land reform figure sourced
30
Jurgen Domes
5 million killed
10
Benedict Stavis
over 1 million, disputed attribution
10