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China's forced prison labor camps

LaycockJanuary 12, 2013

China has said it will reform the forced labor prison camps. Harry Wu knows all about it. Arrested in 1960 at the age of 23 for expressing opinions critical of the People's Republic, he spent 19 years in the camps, called laogai. He's now one of the world's experts on them.

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Interview: Kate Laycock