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Re-education in China
In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment. It was introduced in the early days of the Communist Party. Hear from one man who was re-educated in the early 1950s.
In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment. It was introduced by the Communist Party and the police still send people for re-education without trial. Listen to the story of Robert Ford, an Englishman who spent 5 years being taught the error of his ways in Chinese jails in the 1950s. He had been captured by the Red Army during the invasion of Tibet.
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