3058123 Clearing land for cultivation in the Tarim Basin region of North West China. 1964. ; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were initiatives led by Mao. Sinkiang or Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) was founded on his orders to promote economic development and ensure social stability and was ordered to cultivate the farms of those who fled to the Soviet Union after 1962. ); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.