China has a much longer history of "re-education" which if I recall correctly started since cultural revolution. There was even something called "Struggle Sessi

China has a much longer history of "re-education" which if I recall correctly started since cultural revolution. There was even something called "Struggle Session" which was only abolished by Deng Xiaoping. Re-education through labor was officially abolished in 2013 but many suspect that it was only renamed because of international spotlight.