China Defends Use of Prisoners and Cites Oregon as Example of U.S. Violations

China has begun to actively launch an offensive against the U.S. in the battle of the illicit use of prison labor to export. In August 1992 the U.S. and China concluded a memorandum of understanding banning the use of prison labor to make export goods after the U.S. threatened to punish China with sanctions. The continuing globalization trend causes prison managers to look to the world as a potential market and source of revenue. Meanwhile both the international trading and international human rights systems are trying to regulate the operation of prisons?[more]