costs, industrial

"After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a 'reeducation' camp--manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--Provided by publisher.

Discloses the reasons China is able to offer low prices around the world for its products and is able to compete for business by limiting its workers. Also investigates why consumers search for cheaper goods, why China's pollution worsens, and why their infrastructure is crashing.

Profiles of factory workers, facts and statistics, and interviews provide an overview of poor working conditions and environmental damage created by China's determination to manufacture goods for the lowest price.