The Chief Witness: escape from China’s modern-day concentration camps
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- Author：Sayragul Sauytbay
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Summary
A shocking depiction of one of the world’s most ruthless regimes — and the story of one woman’s fight to survive。
I will never forget the camp。 I cannot forget the eyes of the prisoners， expecting me to do something for them。 They are innocent。 I have to tell their story， to tell about the darkness they are in。 It is so easy to suffocate us with the demons of powerlessness， shame， and guilt。 But we aren’t the ones who should feel ashamed。
Born in China’s north-western province， Sayragul Sauytbay trained as a doctor before being appointed a senior civil servant。 But her life was upended when the Chinese authorities incarcerated her。 Her crime: being Kazakh， one of China’s ethnic minorities。
The north-western province borders the largest number of foreign nations and is the point in China that is the closest to Europe。 In recent years it has become home to over 1，200 penal camps — modern-day gulags that are estimated to house three million members of the Kazakh and Uyghur minorities。 Imprisoned solely due to their ethnicity， inmates are subjected to relentless punishment and torture， including being beaten， raped， and used as subjects for medical experiments。 The camps represent the greatest systematic incarceration of an entire people since the Third Reich。
In prison， Sauytbay was put to work teaching Chinese language， culture， and politics， in the course of which she gained access to secret information that revealed Beijing’s long-term plans to undermine not only its minorities， but democracies around the world。 Upon her escape to Europe she was reunited with her family， but still lives under constant threat of reprisal。
This rare testimony from the biggest surveillance state in the world reveals not only the full， frightening scope of China’s tyrannical ambitions， but also the resilience and courage of its author。
I will never forget the camp。 I cannot forget the eyes of the prisoners， expecting me to do something for them。 They are innocent。 I have to tell their story， to tell about the darkness they are in。 It is so easy to suffocate us with the demons of powerlessness， shame， and guilt。 But we aren’t the ones who should feel ashamed。
Born in China’s north-western province， Sayragul Sauytbay trained as a doctor before being appointed a senior civil servant。 But her life was upended when the Chinese authorities incarcerated her。 Her crime: being Kazakh， one of China’s ethnic minorities。
The north-western province borders the largest number of foreign nations and is the point in China that is the closest to Europe。 In recent years it has become home to over 1，200 penal camps — modern-day gulags that are estimated to house three million members of the Kazakh and Uyghur minorities。 Imprisoned solely due to their ethnicity， inmates are subjected to relentless punishment and torture， including being beaten， raped， and used as subjects for medical experiments。 The camps represent the greatest systematic incarceration of an entire people since the Third Reich。
In prison， Sauytbay was put to work teaching Chinese language， culture， and politics， in the course of which she gained access to secret information that revealed Beijing’s long-term plans to undermine not only its minorities， but democracies around the world。 Upon her escape to Europe she was reunited with her family， but still lives under constant threat of reprisal。
This rare testimony from the biggest surveillance state in the world reveals not only the full， frightening scope of China’s tyrannical ambitions， but also the resilience and courage of its author。
Reviews
Michelle Keyatta
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Wow-this is really happening in our current times， not decades ago。 So many moments I was in dismay and it was a tough （emotional） book to get through。 What she’s said in the book combined with what we already know about the planned expansion of the CCP is absolutely terrifying。 The countries overtaken and indebted by the BRI and the loss of freedom makes one fear for the times ahead。 Funny enough， a new Economist issue arrived today， the headline on the front: “Power & Paranoia: The CCP at 100” Wow-this is really happening in our current times， not decades ago。 So many moments I was in dismay and it was a tough （emotional） book to get through。 What she’s said in the book combined with what we already know about the planned expansion of the CCP is absolutely terrifying。 The countries overtaken and indebted by the BRI and the loss of freedom makes one fear for the times ahead。 Funny enough， a new Economist issue arrived today， the headline on the front: “Power & Paranoia: The CCP at 100”。 An article about population control of Xinjiang mirrored what the book said。 。。。more
Glenn
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Sayragul Sauytbay has been persecuted solely because of her ethnicity AND religion， both crimes against humanity。She has taken refuge in Germany， a country also known for concentration camps。 Let's hope China's concentration camps， which are already horrific， do not become like the death camps of the "new Germany" of the 1930s and 1940s to the end of WWII。Ms。 Sauytbay is courageous。 She stands as a witness to a horror that many world leaders avoid discussing， because economic ties with China ove Sayragul Sauytbay has been persecuted solely because of her ethnicity AND religion， both crimes against humanity。She has taken refuge in Germany， a country also known for concentration camps。 Let's hope China's concentration camps， which are already horrific， do not become like the death camps of the "new Germany" of the 1930s and 1940s to the end of WWII。Ms。 Sauytbay is courageous。 She stands as a witness to a horror that many world leaders avoid discussing， because economic ties with China override their humanitarian concerns。 Much like the United States overlooked the horrors of "new Germany" in the 1930s， so that its businesses could prosper by trade with Nazi Germany。Is it too much to ask that we live in peace and harmony？ 。。。more
Cathryn Wellner
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Few of us in the West will ever be detained in concentration camps simply because of our cultural heritage。 Sayragul Sauytbay's crime was to be Kazakh in a region around which China was slowly tightening the noose。 Her extraordinary memoir lays bare China's nefarious， long-range plan for world domination。 They have put the plan into play in Xinjiang， where the dominant Muslims have been forced to deny their religion， eat pork， parrot the Communist party's rhetoric， and， in the case of hundreds o Few of us in the West will ever be detained in concentration camps simply because of our cultural heritage。 Sayragul Sauytbay's crime was to be Kazakh in a region around which China was slowly tightening the noose。 Her extraordinary memoir lays bare China's nefarious， long-range plan for world domination。 They have put the plan into play in Xinjiang， where the dominant Muslims have been forced to deny their religion， eat pork， parrot the Communist party's rhetoric， and， in the case of hundreds of thousands， endure torture， rape， and imprisonment。The memoir is plea to the West to respond to the horrors and halt the slow march of oppression of ethnic minorities。 Given the anti-democratic backlash of the West's own far-right groups， the warnings within Sauytbay's book ring louder than ever。 Her nightmare shows no sign of ending。 Our task is to pay attention and to speak out。 。。。more
Hoa Ngữ Tầm Nhìn Việt
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sách quá tuyệt vời ạ， học tiếng Trung Hoa ngữ tầm Nhìn Việt
Loretta Mitro
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Leaders of every country should read this book， especially democratic countries， and countries that have accepted help from the Chinese。 The Chinese never do anything without a log-term plan in mind。 If people like Sayragul Sauybay is brave enough to stand up to the Chinese and tell the world the truth about the situation in East Turkistan， then "The G-7" and their friends should not hesitate to stand up to them， and take action against the Chinese human-rights violations。 Leaders of every country should read this book， especially democratic countries， and countries that have accepted help from the Chinese。 The Chinese never do anything without a log-term plan in mind。 If people like Sayragul Sauybay is brave enough to stand up to the Chinese and tell the world the truth about the situation in East Turkistan， then "The G-7" and their friends should not hesitate to stand up to them， and take action against the Chinese human-rights violations。 。。。more
Jamie Barker
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Excellent read regarding the truth in ChinaEye opening about China and what they are doing to silence opposition and destroy other cultures。 I really think everyone should read this to see the truth about the atrocities taking place in China。
Lori L （She Treads Softly）
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Sayragul Sauytbay shares her life story， her oppression， and her escape from China in The Chief Witness， a very highly recommended biography。 She was trained as a doctor but later retrained as a teacher and was appointed a senior civil servant。 She was arrested and sent to a prison based only on her ethnicity。 She managed to escape from China into Kazakhstan where she was reunited with her family who had fled there years before。 Shockingly， she was then arrested by the secret police in Kazakhsta Sayragul Sauytbay shares her life story， her oppression， and her escape from China in The Chief Witness， a very highly recommended biography。 She was trained as a doctor but later retrained as a teacher and was appointed a senior civil servant。 She was arrested and sent to a prison based only on her ethnicity。 She managed to escape from China into Kazakhstan where she was reunited with her family who had fled there years before。 Shockingly， she was then arrested by the secret police in Kazakhstan （with the CCP involved） and put on trial for entering the country illegally。 It was during her trial that her courage to speak out over what was happening in China resulted in worldwide attention and support for her。 Since Sauytbay shares her whole life story we get to know her childhood， her feelings， and the lifestyle of her family before the CCP and the camps threatened her life。 She and her family now live in Sweden but still have the CCP calling and threatening her。Sauytbay was born a Kazakh in what was called East Turkestan until China annexed the whole region in 1949。 Later Mao Zedong renamed it the Autonomous Region of Xinjiang。 The area is home to a predominantly Muslim population， chiefly Uighur， but there are also Mongolians， Kyrgyzstanis， and Tartars。 The north-western province has also become home to over 1，200 penal camps which are called "reeducation camps" where all these minorities are being incarcerated beaten， raped， tortured， and used as subjects for medical experiments simply based on their ethnic heritage and religion。 They are treated as slave labor or bodies to harvest organs from by the CCP。 This Chronicles the deliberate extermination of an entire ethnic group。 But the CCP ambitions are far beyond this as they have plans to conquer the whole world using the same nefarious strategies。 As long as companies and citizens in the free world fail to hold China accountable and continue to value financial interests above human rights， we will be selling our souls to the devil。Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Scribe Publicationshttp://www。shetreadssoftly。com/2021/0。。。 。。。more
Petra - kitty carnage: 3 snakes，1 frog & 1 rat
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I didn't want to review this book by putting my own interpretation on it。 I had prepared a iist of quotes and was just going to post them with a line or two of introduction for each one。 I wrote all of this on my phone。 Tonight whilst going on an exercise walk at sunset around the marina with my son， my phone came off it's leash and flew into the deep blue sea。 It took with it my driver's licence， vaccination card and my credit cards。 Oh dear。 So now I'm going to have to write a review， not quot I didn't want to review this book by putting my own interpretation on it。 I had prepared a iist of quotes and was just going to post them with a line or two of introduction for each one。 I wrote all of this on my phone。 Tonight whilst going on an exercise walk at sunset around the marina with my son， my phone came off it's leash and flew into the deep blue sea。 It took with it my driver's licence， vaccination card and my credit cards。 Oh dear。 So now I'm going to have to write a review， not quotes。 Still， must look on the bright side， I might have to cancel and get new credit cards but at least I know no one is using them。 Review of this important book to come。 And the strange omission， a mystery， it contains。 。。。more
TARA
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Une survivante， voilà comment nous pouvons nommer Sayaragul Sautbay， qui， née dans la province chinoise du Xinjiang， médecin de formation， nous a livré un bien émouvant témoignage avec son livre : "Condamnée à l'exil - Témoignage d'une rescapée de l'enfer des camps chinois。" （Editions Hugo Doc - parution le 6 mai 2021）， ceci avec la collaboration de Alexandra Cavelius。Sayaragul Sautbay， écrit en page 11 : " Les cadres du Parti m'ont intimé de me taire sur ce que j'ai vécu dans cet enfer， moi， la Une survivante， voilà comment nous pouvons nommer Sayaragul Sautbay， qui， née dans la province chinoise du Xinjiang， médecin de formation， nous a livré un bien émouvant témoignage avec son livre : "Condamnée à l'exil - Témoignage d'une rescapée de l'enfer des camps chinois。" （Editions Hugo Doc - parution le 6 mai 2021）， ceci avec la collaboration de Alexandra Cavelius。Sayaragul Sautbay， écrit en page 11 : " Les cadres du Parti m'ont intimé de me taire sur ce que j'ai vécu dans cet enfer， moi， la fontionnaire nommée directrice d'écoles par l'Etat。 "Sinon ce sera fini pour toi"， m'ont-ils prévenue。 Il m'a fallu signer ma propre condamnation à mort。" ou un peu plus loin : "Dites que le Parti est bon et votre vie joyeuse ！ Ces mascarades， orchestrées par le PCC ， nous les connaissons depuis l'enfance。 Je m'étrangle rien que d'y penser。"Mais : "En tant que témoin-clé， je me dois de partager ce que je sais de ce système sans pitié。 Je ne le fais pas que pour moi : je parle au nom de tous les détenus ， de ceux qui tremblent， ceux dont la vie est menacée。 （。。。） L'empire du Milieu déroule patiemment sa stratégie， décennie après décennie et compte bien tirer profit de ce qu'offre la "société ouverte" pour mettre à mal， petit à petit， la démocratie。"On apprend qu'on la surnommait "Sari May" （"beurre"， "car ma peau en a la couleur"）。Mais là， n'est pas le plus important car dans cet ouvrage， c'est une longue suite d'événements tous plus douloureux les uns que les autres - la description des horreurs qu'elle voit - son éloignement forcé de sa petite famille （d'abord de ses parents pour aller travailler - puis de son mari et ses enfants devant partir， afin qu'eux， au moins， trouvent une existence moins dure - quant à elle， elle ira les rejoindre si elle réussit à ce qu'on lui restitue ses papiers）。 C'est là qu'arrive le tragique : elle se retrouve en prison。 Sa force de caractère l'aide énormément ainsi que sa volonté farouche。 Elle ne baisse pas les bras et relève la tête， prête à tout endurer。 Elle le fera jusqu'au bout malgré tous les traitements avilissants qu'elle subit。 Toujours le même espoir : retrouver les siens et mettre en garde le monde contre les horreurs ayant lieu dans son pays。Cet ouvrage comporte quelques illustrations， des photos surtout de moments heureux。 Il est touchant， entre autres， de la voir avec son mari et ses enfants。En fin d'ouvrage， Alexandra Cavelius écrit :"De retour chez moi， j'envoie à Sayragul par WhatsApp une photo de biceps bandés。 Ce symbole nous donne de la force et du courage quand de nouveaux obstacles entravent notre chemin。 J'accompagne mon envoi d'un message : "Tant que nous serons libres， nous poursuivrons notre travail d'information。 Personne ne nous arrêtera。 Personne。Sayragul me répond dans la seconde。"Ma conclusion ？ Je l'ai relevée en quatrième de couverture car je l'ai trouvée importante :"Grâce à ce témoignage exceptionnel， nous ne pourrons plus dire que nous ne savions pas。" 。。。more
Scribe Publications
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