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Article: Ex-inmate recalls China's prison camp.(Nation)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 19, 1999
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Huang Xiang, a survivor of a prison camp in China, recounted how he was imprisoned as a teen-ager because of his political writings.
"Once I was incarcerated in a mud hut the size of a bed, with a pit that served as my bed, and a chained door," he said. "Every day I was escorted at gun point into the Gobi Desert to make bricks."
Mr. Huang, who was sent to prison throughout his life because he protested the government through poetry, was one of about 80 survivors of prison camps in China who came to Washington this weekend to speak about their painful experiences. They also hoped to educate the world that the Chinese Communist Party continues to ...