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Laogai--the Chinese Gulag

By: Hongda Harry Wu

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In this original and evocative work, Hongda Harry Wu reveals the hidden world of the laogaidui--the PRC's labor reform camps--to the Western reader. Wu, himself a survivor of nineteen years in the camps, takes the reader through the harsh landscape found there. He thoroughly explains their ideological origins, complex structure, and living conditions--which the author claims are approached only by the Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet Gulag. What makes the PRC's laogaidui unique, according to Wu, is the essential contribution to China's GNP of the commodities produced by the prisoners and the concomitant indispensability to the nation's economic health. The author bolsters the text with a rich compilation of photographs, charts, and maps that reflect his exhaustive research and personal history in the camps. This book provides a comprehensive view of the grim reality of the labor camps, presenting a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the PRC.

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042949940X

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Laogai--the Chinese Gulag

By: Hongda Harry Wu

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Laogai--the Chinese Gulag

By: Hongda Harry Wu

In this work, the author reveals the hidden world of the "laogaidui" - the PRC's labour reform camps. The author, a political prisoner for 19 years, takes the reader through the harsh reality found in the camps, describing their ideological origins, complex structures and living conditions. What makes the PRC's "laogaidui" unique, according to Wu, is the essential contribution to China's GNP of the commodities produced by the prisoners and the camps' concomitant indispensability to the nation's economic health.

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362

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Routledge

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0429979037

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9780429979033

Troublemaker

One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty

By: Hongda Harry Wu,George Vecsey

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Troublemaker

One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty

By: Hongda Harry Wu,George Vecsey

Harry Wu grew up in a wealthy Shanghai family and studied to be a geologist. He spent 19 years in Chinese labour camps and was released in 1976, three years after Mao Tse-tung's death. In 1985 he emigrated to the United States.

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0099757613

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