Abandoned Smelter
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This is a remnant from Mao's failed "Great Leap Forward" era. Back in the 50s, Mao's government tried to abolish money and private property and mobilized the masses to build these back-yard smelters to increase steel production. Unfortunately, they didn't have a way to extract the ore from the ground, and the peasants resorted to melting down their pots, pans and doorknobs to meet their quotas. To compound matters, with everyone focused on meeting steel quotas, there was no incentive t
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