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Baigongguan and Zhazidong

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Baigongguan (Chinese: 白公馆) and Zhazidong (Chinese: 渣滓洞) were Chinese concentration camps that opened in 1943 and were used by the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) to gather intelligence about the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The camps were located in southwest China, in the Gele Mountains of Chongqing. In 1947, the camps were reopened by the Kuomintang to hold captured communist politicians of the Republic of China. After the People's...

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World Prisons. (2026). Baigongguan and Zhazidong. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baigongguan-and-zhazidong
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"Baigongguan and Zhazidong." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baigongguan-and-zhazidong.
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@misc{worldprisons-baigongguan-and-zhazidong,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Baigongguan and Zhazidong},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/baigongguan-and-zhazidong},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}