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Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

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About Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System is a documentary TV series that premiered on ARTE on March 28, 2023. It has 1 season and 2 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 2 "Total Surveillance", aired on March 28, 2023.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao Tsetung established a system of labor camps for systematic repression, known as Laogai, an abbreviation for "Reform Through Labor". In such camps, forced labor and physical and mental torture were used to bring about a so-called mental reform, re-education in the spirit of the Chinese Communist Party. Millions of Chinese were affected. Many were executed. In hundreds of camps, the Party took advantage of the prisoners' free labor to build the economy. Self-criticism and denunciation were often the only way to escape martyrdom. Successive waves of purges culminated in the Cultural Revolution, which saw massive human rights abuses, political assassinations, massacres, and exiles in remote parts of the country. Using unreleased archive footage, the documentary tells the story of the invention, development and improvement of China's totalitarian system of surveillance and repression up to the present day, never told before.

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Episodes

2 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

2023 · 2 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System Season 1 release dates →
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    2. Total Surveillance

  2. Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System S1 E1 still E1

    1. Laogai: The Chinese Gulag

Cast & crew

Created by Tania Rakhmanova

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System?

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 28, 2023.

When did the latest episode of Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System come out?

The most recent episode of Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System, Season 1 Episode 2 "Total Surveillance", aired on March 28, 2023.

How many seasons of Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System are there?

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System has 1 season with 2 episodes in total.

When did Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System first air?

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System first aired on ARTE on March 28, 2023.

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