Ep 83 Amelia Pang - Made In China
Episode description
Amelia Pang is an award-winning investigative journalist of Uyghur and Chinese descent. Her work has been published in The New Republic, Mother Jones, and The New York Times Sunday Review - among other publications. She is currently an editor at EdTech Magazine.
Amelia is the author of Made In China: A Prisoner, An SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods. Her powerful book sheds light on the atrocities committed against the Uighur population by the Chinese government.
Amelia and I discuss:
- Organ harvesting operated by the Chinese government
- Forced labor camps
- What prompted her to write the book
- If the Chinese population is aware of the labor camps
- The state of journalism
- America's obsession with cheap goods
- Genocide of the Uighurs
And much more...
My Take: Just because a conversation is hard or uncomfortable does not mean we should not have it. I believe it is the opposite - these conversations are actually crucial to have because most likely no one else is. There are blatant human rights violations, and some would argue a genocide, happening right now against the Uighur people - yet the world is afraid to speak up. If we don't speak up, if we don't bring forth the conversation, no one will.