In the Camps: Life in China's High-Tech Penal Colony

In China's northwestern region, over a million and a half Muslims have been disappeared into internment camps and factories, leading to a system of Orwellian control. Darren Byler's book, In the Camps, provides a definitive account of this human rights violation and a warning against the misuse of technology and big data.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 03 February 2022
Publisher: Atlantic Books

In China's vast northwestern region, over a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, thousands of government documents, and over a decade of research, Darren Byler, one of the leading experts on Uyghur society, uncovers their plight. Revealing a sprawling network of surveillance technology supplied by firms in both China and the West, Byler shows how the country has created an unprecedented system of Orwellian control. A definitive account of one of the world's gravest human rights violations, In the Camps is also a potent warning against the misuse of technology and big data.

In China's vast northwestern region, over a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, thousands of government documents, and over a decade of research, Darren Byler, one of the leading experts on Uyghur society, uncovers their plight. Revealing a sprawling network of surveillance technology supplied by firms in both China and the West, Byler shows how the country has created an unprecedented system of Orwellian control. A definitive account of one of the world's gravest human rights violations, In the Camps is also a potent warning against the misuse of technology and big data.

Weight: 214g
Dimension: 162 x 215 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838955922
Edition number: Main