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After the intervention of the United Nations forces and Chinese troops in late 1950, the Korean War became an international war. Due to the problem about how to deal with the repatriation of prisoners, the armistice agreement could not be achieved for a long time and the war continued over three years. After the long-term negotiations and compromises were concluded, more than fourteen thousand prisoners were willing to go to Taiwan, while seven thousand prisoners went back to the Chinese mainland. After rough repatriation and strict examination, those combing back to China mostly were expelled from the Communist Party of China and then sent home. After returning to their hometowns, they could not get jobs or enter the higher school, needless to say that they had no opportunities to be promoted to higher positions. Moreover, their families and relatives suffered from the discrimination in society. During the Cultural Revolution and Anti-Rightist Campaign, they were regarded as traitors and spies. Suffering from the self-criticism, some prisoners persecuted, some who could not bear insult committed suicide, and some families were demoted. After the Cultural Revolution, their reputations and rights had been restored, and the Chinese Communist Party Central Military Commission indicated in 1980 to re-examine the problem of returned prisoners. Nonetheless, most of them have not still regained the party membership, military status, and normal treatment. This paper is designed to analyze the reasons and backgrounds of those people who experienced twist and turns from the loveliest men to the shameful ones. And it will state their misfortunes one by one and show the other kind of torture left by the Korean War.