03813nam 2201009 a 450 991077846920332120230617041914.01-282-35806-597866123580670-520-93855-010.1525/9780520938557(CKB)1000000000800051(EBL)470924(OCoLC)609850062(SSID)ssj0000347205(PQKBManifestationID)11273715(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000347205(PQKBWorkID)10329324(PQKB)10972150(MiAaPQ)EBC470924(OCoLC)823844359(MdBmJHUP)muse30918(DE-B1597)520290(DE-B1597)9780520938557(Au-PeEL)EBL470924(CaPaEBR)ebr10676267(CaONFJC)MIL235806(EXLCZ)99100000000080005120031103d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe great wall of confinement[electronic resource] the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage /Philip F. Williams and Yenna WuBerkeley University of California Press20041 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24402-8 0-520-22779-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The cultural foundations of China's prison camp system -- The development of the Chinese communist prison camp -- The PRC prison camp (I) -- The PRC prison camp (II) -- Prison writings.China is the only major world power to have entered the twenty-first century with a thriving prison camp network-a frightening, mostly hidden realm known since 1951 as the laogai system. This book, the most comprehensive study of China's prison camps to date, draws from a wide range of primary sources, including many compelling literary documents, to illuminate life inside China's prison camps. Focusing mainly on the second half of the twentieth century, Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu outline the evolution of the laogai system, construct a vivid picture of prisoners' lives from arrest and interrogation to release, and provide a troubling new perspective on the human rights issues plaguing China.Internment campsChinaForced laborChinaPolitical prisonersChina20th century.anthropologists.asia scholars.china.chinese history.chinese law.chinese prison camp.chinese society.confinement.contemporary fiction.cultural anthropology.cultural historians.discussion books.historical.human rights issues.human rights.laogai system.law enforcement.literary documents.modern reports.nonfiction study.primary sources.prison camp network.prison life.prison stories.prisoners.social impact.world powers.Internment campsForced laborPolitical prisoners365/.45/0951Williams Philip F945137Wu Yenna645043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778469203321The great wall of confinement3804176UNINA