Made in China
a prisoner, an SOS letter, and the hidden cost of America's cheap goods
Pang, Amelia
creator
text
bibliography
ncu
2021
monographic
eng
278 pages ; 24 cm
"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"--
Prologue. A message from the graveyard --
The brink of death --
Laogai nation --
Who was Sun Yi? --
Rebel meditators --
Entering Masanjia --
Audits and subterfuge --
Desire and denial --
Ghost work --
A Laogai love letter --
Dangerous words --
Historical complicity --
Transplanted --
Wrong answers --
Legal channels --
We made it --
Fight and flight --
Blending in --
Jakarta --
The state of camps today --
Epilogue. What can we do.
Amelia Pang.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-278)
a-cc---
Manufacturing industries
China
Social aspects
Industrias manufactureras
China
Costs, Industrial
China
Social aspects
Costos de producción
China
Work environment
China
Productividad industrial
China
HD 9736 P191m 2021
331.11/732
9781616209179 (hardcover)
1616209178 (hardcover)
2020034508
DLC
200811
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