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>Tell that to Apple in China, a country that is literally using slave workforce from concentration camps. Source?

by tbihl 5y ago

tailspin2019 5y ago
Doesn't seem to take much Googling to find some reputable looking sources... > China uses Uyghur forced labour to make solar panels, says report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57124636 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57124636 > There’s a good chance your cotton T-shirt was made with Uyghur slave labor... Much of the world’s cotton comes from the Uyghur region, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority. Fashion conglomerates know this https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/cotton-slave-labor-uyghur-region-china https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/cotton... > Despite having initially denied the existence of camps, authorities later described them as “vocational training” centres. Nevertheless, satellite imagery indicated that an increasing number of camps continued to be built throughout the year. https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/china/report-china/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/eas... EDIT: I was confused by the downvotes given that the above aren't exactly fringe outlets. I imagine people may be conflating the mention of "Apple" and "slave labour" in the parent comment. I'm not supporting the idea that Apple are using slave labour in China - I have no idea on that front. (And if you reread the parent it's not necessarily what they were suggesting either.) The sources above merely seem to show that there are reports in general of forced labour and forced detention in China. That said... this was the result of quick first-page Googling and I'm admittedly pretty ignorant on this topic.
racnid 5y ago
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/department-homeland-security-issues-withhold-release-order-silica https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/departme...
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  > Federal statute 19 U.S.C. 1307 prohibits the importation of merchandise produced, wholly or in part, by convict labor, forced labor, and/or indentured labor under penal sanctions, including forced or indentured child labor I'm confused how this is distinguished from the conditions of domestic textile workers in the US?

>Tell that to Apple in China, a country that is literally using slave workforce from concentration camps. Source?

by tbihl 5y ago

>Tell that to Apple in China, a country that is literally using slave workforce from concentration camps. Source?

tailspin2019 5y ago

Doesn't seem to take much Googling to find some reputable looking sources... > China uses Uyghur forced labour to make solar panels, says report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57124636 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57124636 > There’s a good chance your cotton T-shirt was made with Uyghur slave labor... Much of the world’s cotton comes from the Uyghur region, where the Chinese government is ethnically cleansing its Muslim minority. Fashion conglomerates know this https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/cotton-slave-labor-uyghur-region-china https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/09/cotton... > Despite having initially denied the existence of camps, authorities later described them as “vocational training” centres. Nevertheless, satellite imagery indicated that an increasing number of camps continued to be built throughout the year. https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/east-asia/china/report-china/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/eas... EDIT: I was confused by the downvotes given that the above aren't exactly fringe outlets. I imagine people may be conflating the mention of "Apple" and "slave labour" in the parent comment. I'm not supporting the idea that Apple are using slave labour in China - I have no idea on that front. (And if you reread the parent it's not necessarily what they were suggesting either.) The sources above merely seem to show that there are reports in general of forced labour and forced detention in China. That said... this was the result of quick first-page Googling and I'm admittedly pretty ignorant on this topic.

racnid 5y ago

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/department-homeland-security-issues-withhold-release-order-silica https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/departme...

whimsicalism 5y ago
> Federal statute 19 U.S.C. 1307 prohibits the importation of merchandise produced, wholly or in part, by convict labor, forced labor, and/or indentured labor under penal sanctions, including forced or indentured child labor I'm confused how this is distinguished from the conditions of domestic textile workers in the US?