Chinese dissident brings his mission to Minnesota; Harry Wu visited Gustavus Adolphus College, where he spoke about China's labor camps and his survival.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: April 30, 1999| Author: Baca, Maria Elena | Copyright information

If Harry Wu has his way, the word laogai before long will be added to dictionaries in the United States and all over the world.

The Chinese-American dissident told an audience at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter on Thursday night of his experiences during 19 years in China's laogai, or labor camps, and his subsequent mission to expose the human rights violations that occur in them every day.

He asked members of the audience whether they knew the m...

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