The People's Republic of the Disappeared

Download or read book The People's Republic of the Disappeared written by Michael Caster and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are now under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location. Your only right is to obey.- With these words, Chinese lawyer Xie Yang was introduced to the brutality of Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), Chinas expanding system for enforced disappearances. Despite its rapid growth under President Xi Jinping, little is known about RSDL. The Peoples Republic of the Disappeared will change that.Brought to light with stories written by the victims themselves - lawyer Wang Yu was abducted in the middle of the night; engineer Tang Zhishun was taken from across the border in Myanmar; IT worker Jiang Xiaoyu was beaten and threatened with permanent disappearance; and, Pan Jinling, whose only crime was dating an NGO worker. The Peoples Republic of the Disappeared shows the reality of Chinas use of enforced disappearances. Under RSDL, you vanish from the outside world. Under RSDL, the police have total control.