Tag Archives: Prison Break

Hohhot prison break ends with three captured and one dead

Manhunt on for escaped criminals in Inner Mongolia. 120,000-yuan reward.

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The story of a real prison break

Southern Weekly (南方周末) looks at the Xie Wanli (谢万礼) prison break case.

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Wen speaks to the media

28 years old Xie Wanli (谢万里)was caught by police in Zhangjiakou.

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Farewell, Fei-fei

Front page of today’s Beijing Daily Messenger (信报) announces the results of a Bureau of Labor and Social Security (北京市劳动保障局) survey.

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Ex-cons writing about prison life

Four Walls (四面墙) by Zhang Chunlei (张春雷 aka 哥们儿), Female Psychologist (女心理师) by Bi Shumin (毕淑敏), and two prison blogs.

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Learning about America from prison flicks

What Hollywood is teaching the world through prison films and TV shows like Prison Break and The Shawshank Redemption

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