Archive for June, 2011

June 18th, 2011 – The Laogai Museum and Knowledge Commons DC teamed up to host an “Introduction to the Laogai: China’s Forced Labor Prisons” class at the museum this past Saturday. Knowledge Commons DC is a free school based on the idea of learning outside the classroom. It is a collaborative project of local artists [...]

Free Course: Intro to the Laogai

Posted: June 8, 2011 in Events

Saturday, June 18th, 11am – 1:30 pm Knowledge Commons DC is a free school based on the idea of learning outside the classroom. It is a collaborative project of local artists and organizations which takes advantage of the fact that everyone is an expert in something, and that we can all learn from each other. [...]

On June 3rd, the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident, Laogai Research Foundation hosted Tiananmen hero Yu Zhijian and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) at the Laogai Museum. Amidst the tumultuous 1989 democracy movement, Mr. Yu, along with two others, filled eggs with ink and threw them at Mao Zedong’s massive portrait [...]