In this article, the author talks about how many members of the local government were blamed when the famine hit the peasantry because of the Mao’s Great Leap Forward program. The majority of the people, especially in the local governments were not happy with the way their efforts were not rewarded and the fact that their extra work served to only drive their economy into the ground. This was the largest blight on Mao’s record and no matter how it was spun and what his previous record was, he was still judged by all for nearly running his country into the ground.