Before liberation, a catastrophe often killed no less than a revolution or a war, and after the founding of New China, despite unprecedented unprecedented droughts or fires, the death toll due to the disaster was very small. From this we can infer:. ['The means of escape for the victims after liberation are better than before.', "New China has established a superior political and social system, which has greatly improved people's ability to resist disasters.", 'After liberation, most people in disaster-prone areas migrated.', 'Before liberation, the government did not provide relief to the victims in the event of a disaster.']