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[Brand: Umbrage Editions] ☆ Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China ë Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China The gulag meets capitalism with Chinese characteristics J. Michael Cole In the Kafkaesque world of Chinese political repression, two words stand out as epitomizing continuity and adaptation in the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) reliance on incarceration to ensure its survival: lao (labor) and gai (reform). Drawing from the Maoist philosophy that work for the betterment of the nation will purify one's thoughts, the laogai, or "reform through labor," is a system by which "antisocial" elements are
| Title | : | Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1884167772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
Growing up in the throes of a Communist purge in China, Harry Wu pent nineteen years in the Chinese gulag, known as the laogi, where he survived physical and psychological torture. Co-author of Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003), Havana (2002), Louise Dahl-Wolfe (2000), The White-T (1996), Drag Diaries (1995) and contributor to periodicals including The LA Times Magazine, The Boston Review of Books, Stern, Granta, Interview, Art News, Artforum, A
The gulag meets capitalism with Chinese characteristics J. Michael Cole In the Kafkaesque world of Chinese political repression, two words stand out as epitomizing continuity and adaptation in the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) reliance on incarceration to ensure its survival: lao (labor) and gai (reform). Drawing from the Maoist philosophy that work for the betterment of the nation will purify one's thoughts, the laogai, or "reform through labor," is a system by which "antisocial" elements are removed from society and "reformed." Not only are convicts and dissidents detained and "reformed," but as Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China shows, the state profits handsomely from the unpaid labor that ta. "Highly recommended especially for college libraries and modern Chinese history shelves" according to Midwest Book Review. Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China is a compendium of black-and-white photographs smuggled out of the People's Republic of China, revealing the dark side of China's grim human rights record Images reveal the coal mines of Sichuan, the giant plantation farms of Zhejiang, and other outposts in which the Chinese prison system exploits over three million convicts as virtual slave labor to fuel the nation's insatiable economy. The text of Laogai discusses in depth human rights problems deeply affecting China, from issues of freedom of expression to religious freedom, police brutality, and the omnipresent threat of ruthless state exe
After his release, Wu worked in the United States first as an unpaid visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and then found a graveyard shift at a. Former editor of Aperture magazine. Co-author of Pandemic: Facing AIDS (2003), Havana (2002), Louise Dahl-Wolfe (2000), The White-T (1996), Drag Diaries (1995) and contributor to periodicals including The LA Times Magazine, The Boston Review of Books, Stern, Granta, Interview, Art News, Artforum, Art in America. About the AuthorNan Richardson is an editor, writer, and curator. Growing up in the throes of a Communist purge in China, Harry Wu pent nineteen years in the Chinese gulag, known as the laogi, where he survived physical and psychological torture
An eloquent and vivid summary in shocking, never-before-seen photographs smuggled out of the People Republic of China, LAOGAI exposes the human rights record of the world’s most authoritarian state—a nation whose own remarkable transformation has not extended to the basic demands of its people’s freedom.From the coal mines of Sichuan to the high tech factories of Guangdong, and from the tea farms of Zhejiang to the textile factories of Hubei, the vast spiderweb of the Chinese prison system has its tentacles into every corner of the country, with about five million slave laborers working to make the economic miracle happen. With essays from leading Chinese scholar Andrew Nathan and leading dissident Harry Wu, this book discusses the wide range of challenges China faces: to freedom of expression and religious choice, as well as controversial issues like torture, the death penalty, organ trafficking, forced sterilization, and more.This carefully researched and crafted book is filled with tales of heroism, heartbreak, and triumph, as dozens of former prisoners of the Laogai share their individual stories and reveal the pain and dirt that underlies China’s shiny modern surf
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