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>>>>"Slave Trade and Repression in China"

>>>>"Where in China Are Your Dolls and Toys Made?" by Shizhong Chen.

Chen makes it clear that many of the toys imported from China are made inside the Lao Gai prison camps by forced labor. Working 18 hours a day, or even non-stop for up to 40 hours at a time, punishes slaves held because of religious or political beliefs that conflict with Beijing. <<<<<

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1385103/posts
Praise Uncle Sam and pass the 18p an hour

>>>>'Harry' Wu is famous in the States. He escaped from China after 19 years in a prison camp for holding 'counter-revolutionary' views, then conned his way back into the prisons to document the misery of forced labour. In 1995, Wu was jailed once more, but not before he had reported the appalling tale of slave labour.

Naturally, Wal-Mart has contracts with suppliers that say none of its merchandise should be made by slaves, prisoners or little children. But among its suppliers is Shantou Garment Trading Company, based in Guandong Province. The Trading Company uses factories in Shantou town: nothing wrong with that. But some of the Trading Company's manufacturing is also carried out in nearby Jia Yang prison. <<

Back in 2001, the Star Ledger did about 3 page coverage on the GuanDong Provice. I wasn't tracking stories then. But the conditions people are forced to live in is heart breaking. I wish I saved that paper. The reporter somehow had pictures of these skinny starved people and parentless children.