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    Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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    Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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    Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods

    Written by Amelia Pang

    Narrated by Nancy Wu

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    A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29

    “Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author 

    Discover the truth behind the discounts
     
    In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at Kmart, too good a deal to pass up. But when she opened the box, something shocking fell out: an SOS letter, handwritten in broken English.
      “Sir: If you occassionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persicuton of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever.”
    The note’s author, Sun Yi, was a mild-mannered Chinese engineer turned political prisoner, forced into grueling labor for campaigning for the freedom to join a forbidden meditation movement. He was imprisoned alongside petty criminals, civil rights activists, and tens of thousands of others the Chinese government had decided to “reeducate,” carving foam gravestones and stitching clothing for more than fifteen hours a day.

    In Made in China, investigative journalist Amelia Pang pulls back the curtain on Sun’s story and the stories of others like him, including the persecuted Uyghur minority group whose abuse and exploitation is rapidly gathering steam. What she reveals is a closely guarded network of laogai—forced labor camps—that power the rapid pace of American consumerism. Through extensive interviews and firsthand reportage, Pang shows us the true cost of America’s cheap goods and shares what is ultimately a call to action—urging us to ask more questions and demand more answers from the companies we patronize.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorkman Audio
    Release dateFeb 2, 2021
    ISBN9781649040268
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    Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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    Amelia Pang

    Amelia Pang is an award‑winning journalist who has written for publications such as Mother Jones and the New Republic. In 2017, the Los Angeles Press Club awarded her first place in investigative journalism for her undercover reporting on the exploitation of smuggled immigrants who are recruited to work in Chinese restaurants. Amelia grew up in a Mandarin‑speaking household in Maryland, and holds a BA in literary studies from the New School. She lives near Washington, DC.  

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    • 4/5
      There is a heavy price being paid to allow a US shoppers the low prices we see.
    • 5/5
      We get cheap consumer goods because they are made by slave labor. There's no free lunch
    • 5/5
      An insightful and eye-opening book. Thank you very much, Amelia Pang.
    • 5/5
      shocking expouse of how two powerful populous countries meet their production quotas.The prison system provides plenty of people, so people van enjoy cheap disposable crap that will likely not be recycled and simply end up as more pollution. The human race is despicable and a few powerful people think the majority of humans are here to do their bidding in a monoiacal race to be the best at the cost of human lives. Very illuminating in its graphuc detail. This book will challenge the value of Globalization and the suffering it causes to benefit the unaware.
    • 5/5
      I was not aware of that in this day and age such things were still going on. It breaks my heart and it opened my eyes. I look at products differently when I’m shopping now.
    • 5/5
      An excellent book. Puts a face to the nameless political prisoners who are forced to labor in the Lau Gai gulags, and shows the far reaching effect on the lives around them. Well worth reading.
    • 5/5
      This is a book that everyone should read. It's things we've read about. We thought we knew but actual don't. The author put the issue in perspective by giving you the background of individuals and how governments behave over the years. It's not some unfortunate events. It's a prolonged, extensive system maintained by the acquiescence of foreign corporates and trade partners. I really like how the book explains things in a clear and concise manner. People without no previous knowledge won't be put off by it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This book bring so much emotion. Makes me realize and picking up things that made in China, rethink the value and effort of force labor.

      1 person found this helpful