Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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"A powerful exposé of Chinese forced labor, in which inmates must produce goods under inhumane conditions." -- "New York Times Book Review" "A vivid and powerful...Engrossing and deeply reported, this impressive exposé will make readers think twice about their next purchase." -- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)" "Narrator Nancy Wu's soft voice communicates the horror of a Chinese labor camp...The author has Uyghur family background, and Wu's narration expresses the passion in Pang's reporting on the expansion of the camps.." -- "AudioFile" "Pang adroitly situates readers to Chinese culture and society... [and] sounds an uplifting note of agency and empowerment about the prospective impact of reforming Western consumption." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. "A powerful exposé of Chinese forced labor, in which inmates must produce goods under inhumane conditions." -- "New York Times Book Review" "A vivid and powerful...Engrossing and deeply reported, this impressive exposé will make readers think twice about their next purchase." -- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)" "Narrator Nancy Wu's soft voice communicates the horror of a Chinese labor camp...The author has Uyghur family background, and Wu's narration expresses the passion in Pang's reporting on the expansion of the camps.." -- "AudioFile" "Pang adroitly situates readers to Chinese culture and society... [and] sounds an uplifting note of agency and empowerment about the prospective impact of reforming Western consumption." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" --This text refers to the audioCD edition. Amelia Pang is an award-winning journalist who has written for publications such as Mother Jones and the New Republic. She has covered topics ranging from organic import fraud to the prevalence of sexual violence on Native American reservations. 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. She grew up in a Mandarin-speaking household in Maryland and holds a BA degree in literary studies from the New School. Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world--from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Hope & Faith , All My Children , Made for Each Other , and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River . --This text refers to the audioCD edition. Read more
Features & Highlights
- A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year:
- Newsweek
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- Refinery29
- “Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —
- The New York Times
- “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 as punishment 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.
