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I n the communist
system, people are
only of any worth so
long as they pro-
duce, and everyone
has to contribute to
production.

The way they are psychologically belittled and treated like animals

places them under even greater pressure.
One study by the Australian researcher Anita Chan in 1998 re-
vealed the details of that environment. The study discussed a letter sent
to a newspaper by 20 workers at the Zhaojie shoe factory in the
province of Guangdong. It particularly concentrated on events experi-
enced by workers brought in from other districts to the factory, a joint
state-owned and private venture, and the health and safety conditions
in it. According to the letter, there are more than 100 security guards on
permanent patrol at the factory, and the migrant workers are never
given permission to leave it. One of the workers described what went
on there:

Being beaten and abused are everyday occurrences, and other punish-
ments include being made to stand on a stool for everyone to see, to stand

Communist China’s Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan