US-China Commission Report - Fatal System Error
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28. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Annual <strong>Report</strong> of the Task Force on<br />
the Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or Prison Labor from the People’s<br />
Republic of <strong>China</strong> (Washington, DC: 2005).<br />
29. U.S.-<strong>China</strong> Economic and Security Review <strong>Commission</strong>, Hearing on the<br />
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and <strong>China</strong> Regarding Prison<br />
Labor Products, testimony of James Ink, June 19, 2008.<br />
30. The Laogai Research Foundation, Laogai Handbook 2005–2006, pp. 481–483.<br />
http://www.laogai.org/news2/book/handbook05–06.pdf.<br />
31. The Laogai Research Foundation, Laogai Handbook 2005–2006, p. 484. http://<br />
www.laogai.org/news2/book/handbook05–06.pdf.<br />
32. Dun & Bradstreet is a publicly traded company based in New Jersey; its database,<br />
available on a subscription basis, allows companies to gather basic information<br />
and perform credit checks upon one another before entering into business deals.<br />
33. The Laogai Research Foundation, Laogai Forced Labor Camps Listed in Dun<br />
& Bradstreet Databases (June 19, 2008). http://www.laogai.org/news/doc/Laogai-<br />
D&B-<strong>Report</strong>.pdf.<br />
34. Congressional-Executive <strong>Commission</strong> on <strong>China</strong>, Roundtable on Forced Labor<br />
in <strong>China</strong>, testimony of researcher on the treatment of Falun Gong members in<br />
<strong>China</strong> Gregory Xu, June 22, 2005.<br />
35. AMEMBASSY Beijing diplomatic cable, ‘‘<strong>China</strong>: <strong>Report</strong> on Forced and Child<br />
Labor in the Production of Goods,’’ May 20, 2008. (Message DTG 200739Z MAY 08,<br />
UNCLASSIFIED).<br />
36. Calculation based off of exchange rate of 6.8171 RMB (renminbi) to 1 U.S. dollar.<br />
Calculated October 7, 2008, at the currency exchange rate Web site www.xrates.com.<br />
37. ‘‘Henan Rebecca Hair Products, Inc. in Henan Province Uses Slave Labor in<br />
Forced Labour Camps,’’ Web posting by ‘‘Clear Harmony,’’ a Falun Gong organization<br />
in Europe. http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200401/16978.html.<br />
38. Tariff Act of 1930, U.S.C. 19 § 1307.<br />
39. ‘‘Trade and Labour Standards: A Difficult Issue for Many WTO Member Governments.’’<br />
http://www.wto.org/english/thewtole/ministle/min01le/briefle/brief16<br />
le.htm.<br />
40. Background information about Prison Blues and its products may be found on<br />
the company’s Web site http://www.prisonblues.com/411.php.<br />
41. ‘‘Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States of America and<br />
the People’s Republic of <strong>China</strong> on Prohibiting Import and Export Trade in Prison<br />
Labor,’’ August 7, 1992. http://www.laogai.org/news/newsdetail.phpid=2949.<br />
42. U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing on U.S. Implementation<br />
of Prison Labor Agreements with <strong>China</strong>, testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary<br />
of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Jeffrey Bader, May 21, 1997.<br />
http://www.laogai.org/news/newsdetail.phpid=1910.<br />
43. ‘‘Statement of Cooperation on the Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding<br />
Between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of<br />
<strong>China</strong> on Prohibiting Import and Export Trade in Prison Labor Products,’’ March<br />
13, 1994.<br />
44. Judy Rogers, acting director of ICE’s Office of Congressional Relations, letter<br />
to <strong>Commission</strong>er Jeffrey Fiedler of the U.S.-<strong>China</strong> Economic and Security Review<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>, August 2, 2007.<br />
45. Judy Rogers, acting director of ICE’s Office of Congressional Relations, letter<br />
to <strong>Commission</strong>er Jeffrey Fiedler of the U.S.-<strong>China</strong> Economic and Security Review<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>, August 2, 2007.<br />
46. Judy Rogers, acting director of ICE’s Office of Congressional Relations, letter<br />
to <strong>Commission</strong>er Jeffrey Fiedler of the U.S.-<strong>China</strong> Economic and Security Review<br />
<strong>Commission</strong>, August 2, 2007.<br />
47. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Annual <strong>Report</strong> of the Task Force on<br />
the Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or Prison Labor from the People’s<br />
Republic of <strong>China</strong> (Washington, DC: 2005).<br />
48. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Annual <strong>Report</strong> of the Task Force on<br />
the Prohibition of Importation of Products of Forced or Prison Labor from the People’s<br />
Republic of <strong>China</strong> (Washington, DC: 2005), p. 7.<br />
49. U.S.-<strong>China</strong> Economic and Security Review <strong>Commission</strong>, Hearing on the<br />
Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and <strong>China</strong> Regarding Prison<br />
Labor Products, testimony of James Ink, June 19, 2008.<br />
50. Congressional-Executive <strong>Commission</strong> on <strong>China</strong>, Roundtable on Forced Labor<br />
in <strong>China</strong>, testimony of The Laogai Research Foundation’s Executive Director Harry<br />
Wu, June 22, 2005.<br />
51. U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hearing on U.S. Implementation<br />
of Prison Labor Agreements with <strong>China</strong>, testimony of Deputy Assistant Sec-