List of famines in China

Victims of a famine forced to sell their children from The Famine in China (1878)
Global famines history

This is a List of famines in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Between 108 BC and 1911 AD, there were no fewer than 1,828 recorded famines in China, or once nearly every year in one province or another. The famines varied in severity.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mallory, Walter H.; Vinacke, Harold M.; King-Hall, Stephen (May 1927). "China: Land of Famine". Journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 6 (3): 185–187. doi:10.2307/3014847. ISSN 1473-799X. JSTOR 3014847.
  2. ^ "Heaven, Observe!". Time. February 6, 1928.