laogai

Etymology

From Mandarin 勞改／劳改 (láogǎi, literally “labour rehabilitation”).

Noun

laogai (uncountable)

1. The use of prison labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China.
   • Ethan Gutmann (2010) Hacker Nation: China's Cyber Assault‎, archived from the original on 16 May 2010: “The 6-10 Office also created fake refugees—young, trained to mimic Falun Gong behavior, and holding paperwork confirming time spent in laogai, China’s penal system.”

   Coordinate term: laojiao

Further reading

• laogai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alogia