In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony Free Audiobook Download by Darren Byler

China has built an empire at the bottom of the world, where it clings steadfast to a false narrative of progress and prosperity. In the Camps is a book that exposes this reality head on. It tells the story of China's rapid rise as a military power through its discovery and exploitation of resources in Tibet, along with the darkly sinister methods by which it did so.

For many in China, the latest and greatest high-tech penal colony is a bird's eye view of the future. These prisoners are being held in remote high-tech maximum confinement facilities with all of the latest surveillance technologies to track their every move. The camp's location is near Tibet, in the remote area of Lop Nur. This area has been used for nuclear decontamination by the Chinese government during nuclear testing programs and its isolated location offers perfect cover from prying eyes.

Imagine you're a prisoner in a Chinese labor camp. You have to work long hours in harsh conditions for little pay. Food is scarce, and your living conditions are cramped and unsanitary. Life is difficult, but you know it could be worse--you could be an inmate at Guantanamo Bay or Abu Ghraib. When one of the guards suddenly collapses, you don't expect much hope from the prison doctors--until they offer you a potentially life-saving opportunity:

When it comes to high-tech penal colonies, China has no equal. The country's correctional institutions are some of the most advanced anywhere in the world - even if they have a long way to go before reaching Western standards. As part of their efforts to rehabilitate prisoners, China is building many high-tech penal colonies, from which people sentenced for political crimes are being sent and from where they are only allowed out for short periods of time.

Darren Byler follows the history of China's high-tech penal colony, a world built on the old Chinese philosophy of keeping people in a state of submission. In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony is a spellbinding audiobook that gives listeners an inside view of the future-and a glimpse into how things might go wrong. Fajer Al-Kaisi provides powerful narration that brings every word and theme to life with her emotion and cadence.