Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The chief witness

Oclc number

1182864342

Responsibility statement

Sayragul Sauytbay, Alexandra Cavelius ; translated by Caroline Waight

Sub title

escape from China's modern-day concentration camps

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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