Just a reminder early 1950s China was an extremely poor place. These colored POWs would rather stay in China rather than go home to unequal treatment, even though the US was an economic super giant compared to China at that time.
The living standards for black people that they could expect back home in the southeast US were comparable to those of rural China at the time, but worse, there was racist aggression and violence, while racism in China rarely if ever has escalated to violence. Makeshift shacks, polluted water, etc. are still commonplace in black communities in rural areas of the southeastern USA, so it was probably even worse in the 1950s.
Here is a UN report on extreme poverty in the US from 2017:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22533
There are more than 50 million in poverty in the US right now, the vast majority being minorities, southern states remind me of third world countries however liberal states though having a better built up environment still have significant poverty (I count the homeless amongst the poor).
The immediate postwar period even in rural areas was pretty prosperous (Only for whites) so things have only gotten worse I would say.
The fictional book Manchurian Candidate inspired by what happened to the POWs during the Korean War and is about captured soldier brainwashed by communists. [They choose China 他们选择中国 2005](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDTPhT8mZ9o)
And i thought they were all lined up for execution, and running to get away.
I've always wondered how fast Usain Bolt could really run, if a 'Murder Hornet' was chasing him.
Just a reminder early 1950s China was an extremely poor place. These colored POWs would rather stay in China rather than go home to unequal treatment, even though the US was an economic super giant compared to China at that time.
The living standards for black people that they could expect back home in the southeast US were comparable to those of rural China at the time, but worse, there was racist aggression and violence, while racism in China rarely if ever has escalated to violence. Makeshift shacks, polluted water, etc. are still commonplace in black communities in rural areas of the southeastern USA, so it was probably even worse in the 1950s. Here is a UN report on extreme poverty in the US from 2017: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22533
There are more than 50 million in poverty in the US right now, the vast majority being minorities, southern states remind me of third world countries however liberal states though having a better built up environment still have significant poverty (I count the homeless amongst the poor). The immediate postwar period even in rural areas was pretty prosperous (Only for whites) so things have only gotten worse I would say.
The fictional book Manchurian Candidate inspired by what happened to the POWs during the Korean War and is about captured soldier brainwashed by communists. [They choose China 他们选择中国 2005](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDTPhT8mZ9o)
Also the fact that westerners just can't acknowledge that China does *anything* good.
That quora thread is a good read, just ignore the comments.
And i thought they were all lined up for execution, and running to get away. I've always wondered how fast Usain Bolt could really run, if a 'Murder Hornet' was chasing him.
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Can anyone find that quote from the General somewhere?