This is the Tom Harbin Program.

Welcome back on the line with us is Amelia Pang.

Amelia is a journalist of Weger descent, the author of a new book made in China, a prisoner

and S.O.S. letter and the hidden cost of America's cheap goods.

I read this op-ed in the New York Times that Amelia wrote, January 10, titled,

It Took a Genocide for Me to Remember My Weger Roots.

Let me recommend it to you.

And this book made in China, it's remarkable.

Amelia Pang, AMELIAPANG.com is Amelia's website.

You can tweet her at AmeliaPANGG.

And Amelia, welcome to the program.

I'm so glad you could join us today for a lengthy interview.

Our conversations with great minds hour here.

Here's a quote.

The handwritten note found in a box of Halloween decorations purchased from an Oregon K-Mart read,

If you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the world human rights organization.

Thousands of people here who are under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party government

will thank and remember you.

Tell us about the story behind that note.

It was written by a political prisoner in China.

He happened to practice Falun Gong, which is a group that is banned in China.

China says it's a cult, but they also do have an extremely great ability to organize large protests

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