Great Leap Forward
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social plan used from 1958 to 1961 which ostensibly aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society through the process of agriculturalization,[citation needed] industrialization, and collectivization. Mao Zedong led the campaign based on the Theory of Productive Forces, and intensified it after being informed of the impending disaster from grain shortages.
Chief changes in the lives of rural Chinese included the introduction of a mandatory process of agricultural collectivization, which was introduced incrementally. Private farming was prohibited, and those engaged in it were labeled as counter revolutionaries and persecuted. Restrictions on rural people were enforced through public struggle sessions, social pressure, and violence. Food rationing was introduced, in some cases leaving rural Chinese with less than 250g (half a jin, 8.82 ounces) of grain per day. The Great Leap ended in catastrophe, triggering a widespread famine that resulted in possibly more than 20 million deaths.[1]
'Moving Forward Together'.
We'll hear this slogan many times as the Fed election draws on. Is there a historical link by any chance? With thanks to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward
They are introducing a mining tax in the Western Provinces thoughChina has moved away from this in a huge way now.
I suggest that the labor party may have pinched the idea from Toyota.
Watch this ... all the way to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZoBfpm1zHg.
Joolya don't wanna talk about BER or HIP any more, I wonder why????
I suggest that the labor party may have pinched the idea from Toyota.
Watch this ... all the way to the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZoBfpm1zHg.
My father, Bob Menzies, used to say that in politics you can never rpeat anything too often.
I must concede that Julia Gillard has proved him wrong.
If I hear that terrible expression once more, or see a politician holding a baby at a shopping centre, I'm going to move forward over a very tall cliff.
At this rate, in 10 years time the average wage will be 20 bucks per hour, a loaf of bread 5 dollars, a litre of milk 3 dollars and a litre of guzzolene 2.50 dollars.At the time, the Australian federal minimum wage was $14.31 an hour.
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