 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuitwa kweMaoism kufunga muChina kungave kwakakonzera nzara yakaipisisa munhoroondo yevanhu, umo 15-45 mamirioni evanhu vakafa nekuda kwenzara nedenda. Pakasvika mugumo wa 1961, mwero wokuberekwa wakaderedzwa kusvika pahafu nemhaka yokushomeka kwezvokudya zvinovaka muviri. Muna 1958, kumukira kweXunhua kwakatanga uye muna 1959, kumukira kukururakaputika muTibet, richiguma norufu rwemakumi ezviuru zvavaTibetani, uye Dalai Lama akaenda muutapwa pashure pacho. Kukundikana kwaMao neLeap kwakaderedza simba rake muhurumende, ane mabasa ekutonga akawira kuMutungamiri Liu Shaoqi naDeng Xiaoping, kunyanya mushure meSeven Thousand Cadres Conference mukutanga kwa1962. Kurwira simba pakati paMao Zedong naLiu Shaoqi pamwe chete naDeng Xiaoping kwakatanga pashure pa1962. Sangano reSocialist Education Movement rakatangwa naMao kubva muna 1963 kusvika muna 1965, somugumisiro. 