Chinese labor camp inmate tells of true horror of Halloween 'SOS'

[shockedcanadian]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/world/asia/china-labor-camp-halloween-sos/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


Had to post this here, just a sad story about abuses in Chinese prisons, they are trying to have their voices heard.

[xfundy]

1. China is still a communist country

with slave labor conditions. Everyone should thing about that every time they buy something made there.

[MNBrewer]

5. The extent to which China is a communist country is debatable.

[jericho]

6. Reform is on the way but will cost.

The new breed of Chinese leaders maybe for social reform and advanced technology approach. Sooner or later they will reform and the speed depends on how they adopt our labor law system.

[johnd83]

2. Outsourcing to China has been one of the worst decisions of the last 30 years

I don't think China is going to remain the "factory of the world" much longer given how much the current conditions are hurting the average person.

[shockedcanadian]

3. I am a bit torn

by the fact that they posted the details of his name, and information that could trace the authorities to him. There is a real danger of retribution here. They should have redacted this for public consumption unless there is someone fighting the good fight for this particular person in the International community.

[lunasun]

4. Maybe could happen here if citizens let it-look at our profit prisons + corruption already in place

She had landed in Masanjia twice for petitioning against local officials over what she calls illegal land grabs. In total, she spent two and a half years in the labor camp.

By all accounts, Masanjia is but one of hundreds of labor camps in China borne under the laojiao -- or "re-education through labor" -- scheme.

no wonder international corps love China's cost cutting production methods