RT Book
T1 Laogai - the Chinese gulag
A1 Wu, Hongda Harry 1937-2016
A2 Wu, Hongda Harry 1937-2016
A2 Slingerland, Ted
LA English
PP Boulder u.a.
PB Westview Press
YR 1992
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1607686732
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV8964.C5
SN 0813381541
K1 Concentration Camps : China
K1 Political prisoners : China
K1 Forced labor : China
K1 Straflager
K1 Strafvollzug
K1 Haft
K1 Politischer Gefangener
K1 Zwangsarbeit
K1 Gefängnis
K1 Volksrepublik China : Straflager : Strafvollzug : Haft : Politische Haft : Zwangsarbeit : Gefängnis
K1 China
K1 China : Konzentrationslager : Politischer Gefangener