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Laogai–the Chinese Gulag [EPUB ebook]

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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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Format EPUB ● Pages 247 ● ISBN 9780429979033 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7115769 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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