Made in China : a prisoner, an SOS letter, and the hidden cost of America's cheap goods
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Southside - Adult
331.1173 Pan
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331.1173 Pan
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-278).
Description
"After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp--manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--,Provided by publisher.
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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 is a closely guarded network of laogai-- forced labor camps-- that power the rapid pace of American consumerism. -- adapted from jacket
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