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In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been $5 at Kmart, too good a deal to pass up. But when she opened the box, something fell out that she wasn’t expecting: an SOS letter, handwritten in broken English by the prisoner who’d made and packaged the items.
There is a hidden system contributing to China’s colossal economy: modern-day gulags. In telling the human stories behind why some of these people landed in present-day labor camps, Made in China reveals how it is the unrealized potential of political and religious dissidents that make it possible for us to pay low prices. When we casually purchase Made in China products, we are not only endorsing slave labor. As Western consumers, our spending habits may be hindering social progress in China.
This book, examining the SOS note that Julie Keith found in a Kmart product, will be published by Algonquin Books.