Preface = 3
Part I. The feast of lies : censorship in China's famine of 1959-61
Introduction = 17
The famine context = 21
Commune excesses and seeds of famine = 31
The land living beyond its means = 41
The artificial dearth of facts = 49
Warning of starvation = 53
The Lushan conference 1959 = 59
Hunan is first to leap into the abyes = 61
How many died nationwide? = 69
Callousness and pride : the sino-soviet split = 71
China and international relief = 73
Recovery = 75
The first and last casualty - family planning = 77
An avoidable famine? = 79
Famine in the future? = 83
Bibliography = 85
Part II. The Politics of information : famine in ethiopia and Sudan in the 1980s
Introduction = 91
Political sensitivity and expediency = 95
Three famines in the horn of Africa = 97
Case studies : Northern Ethiopia 1982-5 = 99
Further famine in Ethiopia = 117
Western Sudan 1983-5 = 119
Famine in the red sea hills = 125
Southern Sudan 1986-9 = 127
The international media : unpredictable allies = 137
Conclusion = 139
Bibliography = 141
What is ARTICLE 19? = 144
ARTICLE 19 publications = 145
Part I. The feast of lies : censorship in China's famine of 1959-61
Introduction = 17
The famine context = 21
Commune excesses and seeds of famine = 31
The land living beyond its means = 41
The artificial dearth of facts = 49
Warning of starvation = 53
The Lushan conference 1959 = 59
Hunan is first to leap into the abyes = 61
How many died nationwide? = 69
Callousness and pride : the sino-soviet split = 71
China and international relief = 73
Recovery = 75
The first and last casualty - family planning = 77
An avoidable famine? = 79
Famine in the future? = 83
Bibliography = 85
Part II. The Politics of information : famine in ethiopia and Sudan in the 1980s
Introduction = 91
Political sensitivity and expediency = 95
Three famines in the horn of Africa = 97
Case studies : Northern Ethiopia 1982-5 = 99
Further famine in Ethiopia = 117
Western Sudan 1983-5 = 119
Famine in the red sea hills = 125
Southern Sudan 1986-9 = 127
The international media : unpredictable allies = 137
Conclusion = 139
Bibliography = 141
What is ARTICLE 19? = 144
ARTICLE 19 publications = 145