The Chinese Communist Party has a glorious history of waging war on tiny woodland creatures. In 1958, Mao Zedong launched the Four Pest Campaign as a kick-off to the Great Leap Forward. People were encouraged to exterminate mosquitoes, flies, rats, and sparrows. It was thought that since the sparrows eat grain, wiping them out would mean more grain, right? Nests were destroyed, eggs broken, little baby sparrows killed, others shot from the sky. People would run around beating pots and pans so the sparrows wouldn’t land, until they literally fell from the sky in exhaustion. Rewards were given to schools, work units, and government employees for how many they killed.
China has a long history of waging war on tiny woodland creatures. picturechina.com.cn
