In this episode of "Harry's Lunchbox," a recurring feature in which Laogai survivor Harry Wu talks about life in the Laogai and under communism, Harry describes the many ways he foraged in the prison camp to survive starvation.

In this episode of "Harry's Lunchbox," a recurring feature in which Laogai survivor Harry Wu talks about life in the Laogai and under communism, Harry reveals how he clandestinely captured and cooked frogs in order to survive.

In this latest edition of "Harry's Lunchbox," a recurring segement in which Laogai survivor Harry Wu discusses life in the Laogai and under Communism, Harry explains how one clever individual bartered his way to good health in the Laogai.

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Harry's Lunchbox, the recurring video segment in which Laogai survivor Harry Wu discusses life in the Laogai and under Communism, returns!  In this video Harry shares his experiences of hunger and rationing in the Laogai during China's years of famine and the resulting aftermath.

To put the video's figure of a prisoner's monthly food ration of around 32 pounds into perspective, most estimates put daily human food consumption at 3-5 pounds, or around 90-150 pounds per month. After 20 years of research, author Yang Jisheng suggests that 35-40 million people in China died of starvation between 1958 and 1961, including many political prisoners in China's forced labor camps.

On Thursday, May 13, 2010, Laogai Research Foundation executive director Harry Wu faced off against CCP mouthpiece Victor Gao on Al Jazeera's Riz Khan.  Watch the dialogue below and join the discussion in the comments section of this post.

See part two after the jump!

Live in or around Berkeley, CA?  Harry Wu will be in town to keynote the Organs Watch working group meeting on Thursday, May 6.  For details, see the flyers below.

A protester from Heilongjiang, was arrested in Tiananmen Square for throwing paint on Chairman Mao's portrait, the Telegraph reports.

"The audacious attack echoes the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest when three young men threw ink-filled eggs at the portrait in a gesture of defiance against China' Communist ruling party that resonated around the world." A photograph of their attack is seen at right with LRF founder and executive director Harry Wu.

The famous Mao portrait's last attack was in 2007, "when Gu Haiou, a 35-year-old man from the far western province of Xinjiang, threw a burning object at the picture scorching the lower-left hand corner."

Apparently, "a spare that is always kept on hand for such eventualities."  For more see the Telegraph.

In this installment of Harry's Lunchbox, a recurring video segment in which Harry Wu discusses life under Communism and in the Laogai, Harry explains the Chinese idiom "Zi Lu Wei Ma" (To call a deer a horse).

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New Haven, CT --> Prague, Czech Republic

Welcome to our first segment of "Where in the World is Harry Wu?"  It is Harry's personal belief that the world needs to know the truth about the Laogai and other human rights abuses committed by the Communist regime - that the more people who know the truth, the closer we will come to ending the brutal Laogai system. As such, Harry travels the world sharing his story and we wanted to share his travels with you.

It’s been a very busy week for human rights activist and LRF founder Harry Wu.  Monday, February 22nd, 2010, Harry spoke at a Branford Master’s Tea at Yale University where he addressed how Chinese Americans can take action against China’s Laogai.  Wu spoke to about 40 students, and the event was sponsored by the Chinese American Student Association. 

Also this week, Wu journeyed to Prague, Czech Republic to offer the keynote address at the "Crimes of Communism" conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.  The conference seeks to address the legacy of communism in Europe, the continuance of Communism in other parts of the world, and how to address crimes against humanity committed under Communist regimes.  Wu spoke on the continued struggle for freedom from Communist tyranny in China, "Communism is a crime. But today you have a conference to talk about it, and that's great," Wu said. "We have to clean it up. But the communists are still running things inside China. We cannot forget that."  (Read more after the jump)

In this installment of Harry's Lunchbox, a recurring video segment in which Harry Wu discusses life under Communism and in the Laogai, Harry talks about his participation in Chairman Mao's campaign to rid China of squirrels.