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368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Summary |
"The inside story of China's organ transplant business and its macabre connection with internment camps and killing fields for arrested dissidents, especially the adherents of Falun Gong. Mass murder is alive and well. That is the stark conclusion of this comprehensive investigation into the Chinese state's secret program to get rid of political dissidents while profiting from the sale of their organs--in many cases to Western recipients. Based on interviews with top-ranking police officials and Chinese doctors who have killed prisoners on the operating table, veteran China analyst Ethan Gutmann has produced a riveting insider's account--culminating in a death toll that will shock the world. Why would the Chinese leadership encourage such a dangerous perversion of their medical system? To solve the puzzle, Gutmann journeyed deep into the dissident archipelago of Falun Gong, Tibetans, Uighurs and House Christians, uncovering an ageless drama of resistance, eliciting confessions of deep betrayal and moments of ecstatic redemption. In an age of compassion fatigue, Gutmann relies on one simple truth: those who have made it back from the gates of hell have stories to tell. And no matter what baggage the reader may bring along, their preconceptions of China will not survive the trip"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-355) and index. |
| Contents |
The Xinjiang procedure -- The peaceable kingdom -- An occurrence on Fuyou Street -- Snow -- The events on Dragon Mountain -- Alive in the Bitter Sea -- Into thin airwaves -- The nameless -- Organs of the state -- A night at the museum -- Afterword -- Appendix: A survey-based estimate of Falun Gong harvested from 2000 to 2008. |
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Organ trafficking -- China.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices -- China.
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Political persecution -- China.
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Prisoners -- China.
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Human rights -- Government policy -- China.
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Falun Gong (Organization)
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| ISBN |
9781616149406 (hardcover) : $25.95 |
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161614940X (hardcover) |
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