In 2012, an Oregon mother opened up a package of Halloween decorations, and something shocking fell out: an SOS letter, handwritten in broken English. "Sir: If you occassionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persicuton of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever." Sun Yi, a Chinese engineer turned political prisoner, had been forced into grueling labor for campaigning for the freedom to join a forbidden meditation movement. His "reeducation" involved carving foam gravestones and stitching clothing for more than fifteen hours a day. Pang reveals a closely guarded network of laogai -- forced labor camps -- that power the rapid pace of American consumerism. -- adapted from jacket.
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ISBN:9781643751139
ISBN:1616209178
ISBN:9781616209179
Physical Description:278 pages ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021]
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-278).
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