" Consequently, in 1958 the Chinese government was informed that annual grain production was 50 per cent more than it actually was. Believing the reports, the government sold millions of tons of rice to foreign countries in exchange for weapons and heavy machinery, assuming that enough was left to feed the Chinese population. The result was the worst famine in history and the death of tens of millions of Chinese.3 "

― Yuval Noah Harari , Sapiens and Homo Deus: The E-book Collection: A Brief History of Humankind and A Brief History of Tomorrow