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The chief witness : escape from China's modern-day concentration camps / Sayragul Sauytbay, Alexandra Cavelius ; translated by Caroline Waight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Scribe Publications, 2021. Description: 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1913348601
  • 9781913348601
  • 9781950354528
  • 1950354520
  • 9781922310538
  • 1922310530
Uniform titles:
  • Kronzeugin. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.894345051 23
LOC classification:
  • DS731.K38 S3813 2021
Contents:
Ghosts of the past -- Despite Chinese invasion and destruction : dreaming of a golden future and financial security -- Mouths taped shut -- Worse than a mental hospital : the world's biggest surveillance state -- Total control : interrogations and rape -- The camp : surviving in hell -- Better to dies escaping than die in the camp -- Kazakhstan : Beijing's interference in neighbouring countries -- Viral : warning the world -- Afterword / by Alexandra Cavelius.
Summary: In recent years, China's north-western province has become home to over 1,200 penal camps - modern-day gulags that are estimated to house three million members of the Kazakh and Uyghur minorities. Imprisoned solely due to their ethnicity. While incarcerated, Sayragul Sauytbay gained access to secret information that revealed Beijing's long-term plans to undermine not only its minorities, but democracies around the world. This rare testimony from the biggest surveillance state in the world reveals the full, frightening scope of China's tyrannical ambitions.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 305.894345051 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not For Loan A00819438

Translation from the German of: Die Kronzeugin. Europa Verlag, 2020

Ghosts of the past -- Despite Chinese invasion and destruction : dreaming of a golden future and financial security -- Mouths taped shut -- Worse than a mental hospital : the world's biggest surveillance state -- Total control : interrogations and rape -- The camp : surviving in hell -- Better to dies escaping than die in the camp -- Kazakhstan : Beijing's interference in neighbouring countries -- Viral : warning the world -- Afterword / by Alexandra Cavelius.

In recent years, China's north-western province has become home to over 1,200 penal camps - modern-day gulags that are estimated to house three million members of the Kazakh and Uyghur minorities. Imprisoned solely due to their ethnicity. While incarcerated, Sayragul Sauytbay gained access to secret information that revealed Beijing's long-term plans to undermine not only its minorities, but democracies around the world. This rare testimony from the biggest surveillance state in the world reveals the full, frightening scope of China's tyrannical ambitions.

In English ; translated from German.

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