Irenaeus, Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
351,756
edits
Changes
→Atheistic China and forced labor
[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref>]]
[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|200px|right|According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref>]]
=== Atheistic China and forced labor ===
== Slavery and forced labor in modern China ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and slavery]]
[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>
The inaugural Global Slavery Index is published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation,<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/30-million-people-still-live-slavery-human-rights-group-says-f8C11409499 30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says], NBC News</ref>
According to NBC News:
{{cquote|But taken in absolute terms, global powers such as China and Russia were near the top of the list of countries with the largest total of people living in slavery.
The index said the figure for China includes “the forced labour of men, women and children in many parts of the economy, including domestic servitude and forced begging, the sexual exploitation of women and children, and forced marriage.”<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/30-million-people-still-live-slavery-human-rights-group-says-f8C11409499 30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says], NBC News</ref>}}
==== Atheistic China and forced labor ====
According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals.
According to [[CNN]], hundreds (or perhaps thousands} of labor camps and forced labor prisons (called laogai) still exist in modern [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/red.giant/prisons/wu.essay/ |title=Labor camps reinforce China's totalitarian rule |publisher=Cnn.com |date=1984-10-09 |accessdate=2013-03-20}}</ref> The prisons house political prisoners and dissidents alongside dangerous criminals.