The famine that occurred in china from 1958 to 1960 is estimated to have killed about 25 million people. This is way it has been called a political crime and an ideological crime, which was discusses most extensively by Amartya Sen.
This is the part of his work for which he won the Nobel prize. Amartya Sen is an economist who regarded this as an Ideological crime with valid reason. He said that it was not a matter of intent, they did not want to kill anybody.
It is just that the ideological institutions were such that this happened. China was a totalitarian state. where the information about what was happening was not reaching the central government.
They could not take any action, because this happens in a totalitarian state, So it is a reflection of totalitarian institutions. It was a big massacre, there was no intention behind it.
According to the above passage, how many people are estimated to have died in the famine that occurred in China?
About 25 million are estimated to have died, so that is the answer.
The passage states this figure directly.
It describes the famine as a huge massacre.
It stresses there was no intention to kill anyone.
The other figures are not given.
Hence 25 million is correct.
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