{"title":"Orville Schell","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrville Schell's work offers penetrating insights into contemporary history and the complex political landscapes of Asia, with a particular focus on China. His books combine rigorous research with vivid narrative, exploring subjects such as secret prisons and state control mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to \u003cem\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/em\u003e will find Schell's writing both illuminating and thought-provoking, providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping modern global affairs through a meticulous examination of power and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"inside-chinas-secret-prisons-by-orville-schell-9780231221146","title":"Inside China's Secret Prisons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, the China analyst and journalist Orville Schell worked on an in-depth \u003cem\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e investigation of the People's Republic of China's vast prison camp system, revealing that products made with forced labour were being surreptitiously and illegally sold to the United States. \u003cem\u003eInside China's Secret Prisons\u003c\/em\u003e is his gripping account of this milestone exposé—and how its findings still reverberate today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSchell weaves a fast-paced story of high-level journalism while uncovering the duplicity and rule-bending techniques that China uses to sell cheap goods abroad. He takes readers on a hair-raising journey into China's secretive penal colonies, recounting how he worked with a former prisoner to sneak in and film with a hidden camera. They documented that China compels inmates, including political prisoners, to toil in prison factories and then exports these wares to global markets by disguising their place of origin—and that prison officials would even sell products to CBS correspondents posing as American businessmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSchell also confesses how he set aside his account of the project, originally written for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, out of fear of punitive consequences from the Chinese Communist Party for his Chinese-born wife, her relatives, and his own career, illuminating how Chinese intimidation tactics can drive journalists, scholars, and even businesspeople to self-censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis powerful and incisive book shines a light on not only China's forced labour camps—where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs are now incarcerated—but also the moral quandaries faced by reporters and scholars who seek to investigate China's shrouded and brutal penal system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038320799980,"sku":"9780231221146","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231221146-inside-china-s-secret-prisons.jpg?v=1785392016"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/orville-schell.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}