text: This country, which banned the book The Past Is Not Like Smoke, is the subject of several books by the historian Frank Dikotter.
full_question: This country, which banned the book The Past Is Not Like Smoke, is the subject of several books by the historian Frank Dikotter. This country replaced sparrows with cockroaches in a list of pests to eliminate after killing sparrows led to a famine known as the Three Bitter Years. Critics of its government were punished after its leader asked for criticism in the Hundred Flowers campaign. This country disastrously required farmers to make steel mills in their backyards. For 10 points, name this country that experienced the “Great Leap Forward” and “Cultural Revolution” under Mao Zedong.
first_sentence: This country, which banned the book The Past Is Not Like Smoke, is the subject of several books by the historian Frank Dikotter.