Matt HodgkinsonDec 1, 2023
Your Black Friday deal might have been made by Chinese prisoners.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/chinese-prisoners-id-card-apparently-found-regatta-coat-lining-derbyshire
#ChinesePrisoners #BlackFriday #PrisonLabour
Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat

UK brand says investigation shows individual was paid employee, not inmate, as Derbyshire customer raises concern over prison labour [update - see footnote]

The Guardian
PhoenixSerenityMar 17, 2023

#CHENNAI : Much is known about #Ooty 's aromatic #tea but very few know of the role of #Chinese #prisoners in expanding estates. 
Joe Thomas Karackattu, #IITM #professor with a #PhD in #ChineseStudies , in his latest #documentary , "Those 4 Years" released Thursday, #ShedsLight on such prisoners & their #descendants . 

#DocFilm about #deportation of #ChinesePrisoners from 1865 -1869, from #HongKong & #Malaysia & #Singapore
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/chennai/150-years-later-chinese-descendants-still-reside-in-ooty/amp_articleshow/98718243.cms

#AsianMastodon #Asian #India #diaspora #History

150 years later, Chinese descendants still reside in Ooty | Chennai News - Times of India

Much is known about Ooty's aromatic tea but very few know of the role of Chinese prisoners in expanding estates. Joe Thomas Karackattu, an IIT-M profe

The Times of India