Interview with Li Jiade

Li Jiade (b.1940) is a resident of Jiaochangba Village, Kuanzhuang, Fuming County, Kunming, Yunnan Province. He is the older brother of Li Jiaren. He was born in a poor peasant family and never went to school. He was a production team leader for over two decades. During the Great Leap Forward, they worked every day, which was called 'launching satellites'. Their goal was to surpass the iron and steel output in the US and the UK. During farming seasons, they could have six liang of grains per day; at other times, only five liang. They were constantly starved.

李家德（1937年出生）是云南省昆明市富民县款庄乡校场坝村村民，李家仁的哥哥。他出生贫农，没念过书，当了二十多年的生产队长。大跃进期间，他们每天干活，被称为'放卫星'，目标是使中国的钢铁量赶超英美。他们农忙的时候可以吃六两粮食，平时五两，饥饿难耐。

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