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Industrial production crashed during the cultural revolution because

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the Red Guards were assigned leadership posts.


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Too much concentration was put on industrialization. Many farmers became laborers in factories but despite the massive manpower, production targets were not met. Lack of knowledge of metallurgy also became a problem. Farm production dwindled and a famine ensued. The movement became a failure.

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