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Amelia Pang
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Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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2021
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12 editions
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Made in China
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“During our endless search for the newest trends for the lowest prices, we become complicit in the forced-labor industry. Chinese manufacturers often believe they have no choice but to secretly outsource to gulags, because they cannot meet the global consumer demand for budget prices and the latest trends. Studies have shown it is precisely brands’ demands for lower prices, faster production, and fulfillment of unanticipated orders that compel factories to illegally subcontract work to places like labor camps.”
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
“According to one study, about 60 percent of all clothing manufactured around the world is discarded within a few years of production. That is equivalent to one garbage truck full of clothes arriving at a landfill every second.”
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
“At the time, the Masanjia case was one of twelve pending investigations involving Chinese forced-labor facilities that were likely exporting to the United States. To date, China has not allowed US officials to visit any of these sites.”
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
― Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
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