Slavery will never be history as long as we turn a blind eye to China

Forced labour is an essential part of Chinese state’s programme to humiliate and destroy ethnic minorities. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) runs prison factories and tis own paramilitary force to keep its captives in line. It help the development of the Chinese cotton industry which supplies 20% of world’s cotton market.

XPCC sends forced labour to hand-harvest cotton which still on-going in Xinjiang from the website of Chinese companies and officials as evidence. If Chinese Communist party has a reserve army of forced labour, it has no need to spend on technology.

Clothing firms once sent auditors to Xinjiang to check forced labour was not in their supply lines. But the authorities started treating them as suspects and they pulled out.

The mapping of China’s “re-education” camps only began in 2018, Rahima Mahmut says. Whether with forced labour or the overthrow of the rule of law in Hong Kong, the tyrannical turn in Chinese policy is taking time to sink in.

Source: The Guardian #Dec05

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/05/slavery-will-never-be-history-turn-blind-eye-to-china?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Xinjiang #Uyghur #ForcedLabour #ChineseCotton #Cotton #Slavery

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/economy/xinjiang-cotton-tomato-ban.html

The US Bans Cotton Imports from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps for Involvements of Uyghur Forced Labour

The US put pressure on China for its human rights issues in Xinjiang again on Wednesday (Dec 3) local time. The US was to ban the import of cotton products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and has accused the corps for subjecting imprisoned Uyghurs to forced labour.

The US Customs and Border Protection announced the new arrangements for the withhold release order to ban cotton and cotton products from XPCC. Reuters reported that the Trump administration was seeking to consolidate its harsh stance against China in the final few weeks of Trump’s presidential term, to make it harder for President-elect Biden to resolve the tense relationship between the two nations.

The withhold release order allows the authority to confiscate products allegedly produced by forced labour, in order to tackle human rights abuses. The US considered a total ban on cotton and tomato products imported from Xinjiang, but the ban was opposed by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and the Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and was hence changed to a ban on imports from designated enterprises.

#US #China #Xinjiang #ForcedLabour #XPCC #XinjiangProductionandConstructionCorps #Trump #Uyghurs #Uighurs #Cotton #Tomato #Reuters

Source: Stand News #Dec03

https://bit.ly/38j2xOQ

#China's foreign ministry is taking a public relations hit after a top spokeswoman showcased a photo she said depicted American slaves picking #cotton. But the controversial photo is now revealed to be a fake.

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Be like H&M and Nike. Don’t be like H&N and Nire. And DON’T be like Hugo Boss!!!!
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I wonder... some celebs were very quick to say that they “support Xinjiang cotton”. But this is all sugarcoating isn’t it, dare they say “I suppose Uyghur forced labour?”
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Nike, H&M, Burberry face backlash and boycotts in China over stance on Uyghur treatment

State-controlled media and online users criticized the two brands, with German sportswear giant Adidas and American brand Tommy Hilfiger also among those coming under fire.

Western fashion brands including Nike and H&M were facing growing calls for boycotts in China as Beijing pushed back with increasing ferocity against allegations of human rights abuses toward the country's Uyghur Muslim minority.

The United States announced in January that it would halt all imports of cotton from China's Xinjiang region — a leading global supplier of the material — over forced labor concerns, while major retailers previously issued statements expressing their concerns.

Source: CBNC #Mar25

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nike-h-m-face-backlash-china-over-xinjiang-cotton-concerns-n1262019

#XinjiangCotton #Cotton #HM #Nike #ChinaGenocide

Uniqlo shirts blocked at U.S. border in January on China forced labour concern

Fast Retailing Co Ltd's (9983.T) Uniqlo brand shirts were blocked at the United States border in January on concerns they violated a ban on cotton products produced in the Xinjiang region of China, where there have been reports of forced labour.

A U.S. Customs document dated May 10 said a shipment of Uniqlo men's shirts was impounded on Jan. 5 at the Port of Los Angeles due to a suspected violation of the ban. The document said a protest filed by Uniqlo's parent company was denied.
Fast Retailing said it was disappointed by the U.S. Customs ruling.

Source: Reuters #May19

https://t.co/MEhFkVdWuL

#Uniqlo #US #China #Labour #Cotton #Xinjiang