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A review by arisa9290275
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
4.0.
Made in China is an investigative journalist's deep dive in forced labor practices in China. In order to keep up with increasing global consumer demand for cheap, diverse and fast good, the incentives to outsource labor to prison camps have be on the rise.
By personalizing and zeroing in on one particular prisoner sentenced to two years in Masanjia, Amelia Pang breaks down the compartmentalization of prison labor and a tangible product. "Prison" or "Forced" labor does not really explain the biased trials, agonizing physical and mental torture, and the insidious concealment of the products that we so nonchalantly purchase and discard.
Although environmental reasons have been driving most of my purchasing decisions, this book has shed a new light on why informed ethical consumerism is necessary too.
Made in China is an investigative journalist's deep dive in forced labor practices in China. In order to keep up with increasing global consumer demand for cheap, diverse and fast good, the incentives to outsource labor to prison camps have be on the rise.
By personalizing and zeroing in on one particular prisoner sentenced to two years in Masanjia, Amelia Pang breaks down the compartmentalization of prison labor and a tangible product. "Prison" or "Forced" labor does not really explain the biased trials, agonizing physical and mental torture, and the insidious concealment of the products that we so nonchalantly purchase and discard.
Although environmental reasons have been driving most of my purchasing decisions, this book has shed a new light on why informed ethical consumerism is necessary too.