(Clearwisdom.net, March 13, 2004) The following photos show samples of products that Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned in the Wangcun Labor Camp were forced to produce.

These are half pre-fabricated artificial eyelashes. To make a pair of artificial eyelashes, one needs to use tweezers to pick up more than 300 strands of hair and adhere them on the adhesive tape along the template. One earns 27 cents¹ for each pair. Then the product has to go through several procedures including cutting, braising and shape-finalization to finish. A pair of finished false eyelashes costs 35 cents. This work places great strain on the worker's eyes. On average, a person has to make 20 to 30 pairs a day.

It costs 8 cents for a piece of 39-fold-per-side coil and 11 cents for a piece of 52-fold-per-side coil. On average, a person has to produce 20 to 30 pieces a day.

It costs 8 cents for a necklace of this type. On average, one has to produce about 100 pieces a day.

Each bundle contains 12 flowers. It costs 2 Yuan² for a bundle. On average, a person has to make two dozen per day.

Most of these kinds of handcrafts are exported. We strongly appeal to all countries in the world to boycott the handcrafts produced by prisoners in China's labor camps. This is in direct violation of international laws and norms.

1 Cent in Chinese currency, 100 cents is equal to one Yuan.

2 Yuan: Chinese currency.

Posting date: 3/14/2004
Original article date: 3/13/2004
Category: Eye Witness Accounts
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/3/13/69838.html

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