The next massive famine arrived in 1810 and was followed by a string of others: 1846–1849, 1850–1873, 1876–1879 (this one killing between nine and thirteen million people), 1896–1897, and 1911 (triggering the revolution that put the Qing dynasty out of its misery). Overall, it is clear that after 1800 the level of popular immiseration in China was very high.[27] What about elite overproduction?
