Source:
https://scmp.com/article/988009/writers-picks-2011Writers' picks of 2011
Chan Koon-chung Author, The Fat Years
1. Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikotter. The kind of archival research may no longer be possible. This was China's worst man-made, policy-induced famine, but authorities remain in denial by calling it 'a three-year natural disaster'.