Originally posted by Officer of Engineers
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anyway, 2 of the census showed net decrease in population, one showed a very suspicious 'decrease in birth rates' with an increase in death rates, i dont think any of these supported the 'unborn population' theory.
'unnatural death' was a direct translation from the chinese version. it simply means 'not of old age'(compare to average life expectancy at that time), could be deaths linked to a typical disease, an epidemic, famine, war, massacre etc. the line is getting blurred nowadays since young ppl do get cancer or other life threatening illness.
since there was no other major disastrous events other than report of a widespread famine, putting conspiracy theories aside, i dont think it's a baseless accusation that the starvation cause the deaths of these mils of ppl.
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