Jiabiangou

Jiuquan of Gansu Province, where the Jiabiangou labor camp located.

Jiabiangou Labor Camp (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jiābiāngōu; lit. 'wedged between ditches') is a former farm labor camp (laogai) located in the area under the administration of Jiuquan in the northwestern desert region of Gansu Province.[1][2] The camp was in use during the Anti-Rightist Campaign in the years from 1957 to 1961.[2] During its operation, it held approximately 3,000 political prisoners, of whom about 2,500 died at Jiabiangou, mostly of starvation.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Wu, Yenna (April 2020). "Cultural Trauma Construction of the Necropolitical Jiabiangou Laojiao Camp" (PDF). American Journal of Chinese Studies. 27 (1): 25–49.
  2. ^ a b c Howard W. French (2009): Survivors' Stories From China, New York Times, New York Edition, August 25, 2009, page C1
  3. ^ Wen Huang (2009): I hope to be remembered as a writer who speaks the truth, guest post at Three Percent - a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester
  4. ^ Sarah Halzack (2009): Surviving Jiabiangou, The Washington Post, August 23, 2009
  5. ^ Xu Zhao (2008). The Tragedy at Jiabiangou. Laogai Research Foundation Publications.