Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine is a book about the Great Chinese Famine by British author Jasper Becker, the former Beijing bureau chief for the South China Morning Post.[1][2] Becker interviewed peasants in Henan Province and Anhui Province, both of which were significantly affected by the famine.[3]Hungry Ghosts was the first major English book to provide a "comprehensive accessible account" of the man-made famine.[4][5]