"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.