US halts imports from China’s Uighur region for forced labor
4 years, 3 months ago

US halts imports from China’s Uighur region for forced labor

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China were blocked Monday from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and computer parts in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China, where authorities have detained more than 1 million people in detention camps as part of the crackdown. Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said U.S. businesses need to do “extreme diligence” when acquiring goods from overseas, especially China and other places with a history of using forced labor. 4 Vocational Skills Education and Training Center in Xinjiang, where CBP says it has information that “reasonably indicates” the use of prison labor to make hair products.

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UK lawmakers slam Shein for refusing to answer questions on its cotton supply
3 days, 2 hours ago

UK lawmakers slam Shein for refusing to answer questions on its cotton supply

Associated Press  

LONDON — A lawyer for Shein summoned to a British parliamentary hearing evaded questions Tuesday on whether the fast-fashion giant sells products containing cotton from China, angering lawmakers seeking answers on the retailer’s labor practices and allegations of forced labor in its supply chains. But they have drawn criticism over allegations that their supply chains may be tainted by forced …

US bans imports from 30 more Chinese firms over forced labour in Uyghur regions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US bans imports from 30 more Chinese firms over forced labour in Uyghur regions

Firstpost  

The new restrictions, covering a range of products from tomato paste and walnuts to gold and iron ore, are part of the federal government’s effort to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the United States, the Federal Register posting said. The United States imposed new import bans on products from approximately 30 Chinese companies, accusing them of using …

Xinjiang resolution against US sanctions takes effect
4 months, 1 week ago

Xinjiang resolution against US sanctions takes effect

China Daily  

Female employees operate at a workshop of Xinjiang Middle Hoshine Silicon Industry in the suburb of Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 29, 2024. URUMQI -- A resolution opposing a series of US sanctions related to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and providing support for affected companies was unveiled and took effect on Monday, according to the …

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail

NPR  

Ex-prisoners in China allege they were forced to make U.S. apparel in jail Lisk Feng for NPR TAIPEI, Taiwan — For four years, Taiwanese social worker and activist Lee Ming-che says he spent about 13 hours a day in a Chinese prison making shoes for the Chinese military, as well as leather work gloves. Sponsor Message A second former prisoner …

Ingrained bias gives life to Xinjiang 'forced labor' lie: China Daily editorial
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ingrained bias gives life to Xinjiang 'forced labor' lie: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

A harvesting machine picks cotton in a field in Shaya county, Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in October. Accusing some major European automakers of defying the United States' ban on forced labor, the US Senate Finance Committee appealed for stricter law enforcement to ensure businesses comply with the US' unilateral ban. In a report released on Monday, the committee said …

US forced labor allegations against Chinese companies strongly condemned
7 months, 2 weeks ago

US forced labor allegations against Chinese companies strongly condemned

China Daily  

Beijing expressed strong condemnation and firm opposition on Tuesday to the so-called forced labor allegation against Chinese companies, vowing to take resolute measures to safeguard legitimate rights and interests of its enterprises. The US congressional investigation released on Monday claimed that carmakers BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen had used components from a Chinese supplier banned in the US over …

US bars imports from 3 more Chinese companies over Uyghur forced labor
1 year, 1 month ago

US bars imports from 3 more Chinese companies over Uyghur forced labor

Firstpost  

According to the United States, the three businesses that were added to the list collaborated with government initiatives to hire persecuted minorities at their establishments The U.S. government announced on Friday that it has imposed import restrictions on three additional Chinese companies, COFCO Sugar Holding among them, due to forced labour practices involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. According …

Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces
1 year, 2 months ago

Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. lawmakers wants the Biden administration to ban seafood processed in two Chinese provinces from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses. The commission cited investigations by the nonprofit journalist organization The Outlaw Ocean Project that revealed human rights abuses on China’s fishing fleet and the forced labor of ethnic Uyghurs from …

US bans imports from China-based printer maker over rights abuse of Uyghurs
1 year, 7 months ago

US bans imports from China-based printer maker over rights abuse of Uyghurs

Hindustan Times  

The United States on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corp and a chemical company over alleged human rights abuses in China, according to a post for the Federal Register. Ninestar, whose website says it is the world's fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical Co Ltd, are being kept out of the U.S. supply chain for …

Forced Uighur labour in China: How can companies & shoppers help?
2 years, 6 months ago

Forced Uighur labour in China: How can companies & shoppers help?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 19:30 GMT: Taking aim at forced labour in China, the United States has enacted a new import ban on products with links to Xinjiang, including cotton, solar panels and tomatoes. The region is a major manufacturing hub that the U.S. says is built on forced labour and the oppression of the Uighur people. Major …

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs
2 years, 6 months ago

US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs

ABC  

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide. Key points: Xinjiang is a major cotton producer that also supplies much of the world's materials for solar panels US says importers will need to …

China calls US law on Xinjiang imports ‘economic bullying’
3 years ago

China calls US law on Xinjiang imports ‘economic bullying’

Al Jazeera  

China’s Commerce Ministry expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition’ to the US ban on imports from Xinjiang region. China’s Ministry of Commerce has expressed “strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition” to a United States ban on imports from Xinjiang region. US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced …

Biden signs bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang over Uyghur 'genocide'
3 years ago

Biden signs bill banning imports from China's Xinjiang over Uyghur 'genocide'

India Today  

US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law legislation that bans imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labour, the White House said. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is part of the US pushback against Beijing's treatment of the China's Uyghur Muslim minority, which Washington has labelled genocide. READ | 43 countries call on China to …

Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
3 years ago

Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were produced without forced labor, overcoming initial hesitation from the White House and what supporters said was opposition from corporations. The Biden administration also announced new sanctions Thursday targeting several Chinese biotech and surveillance companies, a leading drone …

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang over human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims
3 years, 3 months ago

US Senate votes to ban products from China's Xinjiang over human rights violations of Uyghur Muslims

Firstpost  

The measure now heads to the House of Representatives, which must pass it if it is to reach President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature Washington, United States: The US Senate has passed legislation that would ban products imported from China’s Xinjiang region, the latest move to pressure Beijing over what Washington says are major human rights abuses against the …

Factory bosses remain defiant despite US sanctions on Xinjiang cotton industries for forced Uyghur Muslim labour
3 years, 7 months ago

Factory bosses remain defiant despite US sanctions on Xinjiang cotton industries for forced Uyghur Muslim labour

Firstpost  

Evidence of forced labour comes from people who have left China and government documents, but it is difficult to prove definitively at specific factories since human rights experts and others are unable to investigate freely. Aksu, China: A backlash against reports of forced labour and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll …

Ban on Xinjiang cotton called anti-China ploy
3 years, 9 months ago

Ban on Xinjiang cotton called anti-China ploy

China Daily  

Farmers sow cotton in Kashgar's Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in March. Peace activists say US action on Uygur rights pretext aimed at destabilization The United States' ban on Xinjiang-grown cotton over allegations of "forced labor" is aimed at destabilizing China, said some peace activists who also accuse the US government of failing to address its own human rights …

Ban on Xinjiang cotton called anti-China ploy
3 years, 9 months ago

Ban on Xinjiang cotton called anti-China ploy

China Daily  

Farmers sow cotton in Kashgar's Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in March. Peace activists say US action on Uygur rights pretext aimed at destabilization The United States' ban on Xinjiang-grown cotton over allegations of "forced labor" is aimed at destabilizing China, said some peace activists who also accuse the US government of failing to address its own human rights …

Sanctions on Xinjiang cotton use opposed
3 years, 9 months ago

Sanctions on Xinjiang cotton use opposed

China Daily  

Cotton: Over 600,000 people work in affected industry China firmly opposes any sanction imposed on individuals or entities based on the pretext of so-called human rights issues in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and companies involved should avoid politicizing business issues, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The remarks came after the Chinese public voiced outrage …

Sanctions on Xinjiang cotton use opposed
3 years, 9 months ago

Sanctions on Xinjiang cotton use opposed

China Daily  

Cotton: Over 600,000 people work in affected industry China firmly opposes any sanction imposed on individuals or entities based on the pretext of so-called human rights issues in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and companies involved should avoid politicizing business issues, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The remarks came after the Chinese public voiced outrage …

US reintroduces bill to ban forced-labour products from Xinjiang
3 years, 10 months ago

US reintroduces bill to ban forced-labour products from Xinjiang

Al Jazeera  

The bill allows the United States to take action against goods produced with forced labour and will allow President Joe Biden’s administration to sanction traffickers of Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. The United States House of Representatives on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless it is certified they are not produced with …

US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave labour links
3 years, 11 months ago

US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave labour links

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The US has imposed …

Xinjiang Uyghurs: UK to fine companies that fail to disclose imports tied to Chinese region
3 years, 11 months ago

Xinjiang Uyghurs: UK to fine companies that fail to disclose imports tied to Chinese region

CNN  

London CNN Business — The British government will fine companies which hide connections to China’s Xinjiang region where Uyghurs and other minorities are allegedly subject to forced labor, under a raft of new measures. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday announced the new measures, which the Foreign Office says are designed to ensure that all British organizations “are not …

AP Interview: China signals shift but no letup in Xinjiang
4 years ago

AP Interview: China signals shift but no letup in Xinjiang

Associated Press  

BEIJING — An official from China’s Communist Party signaled Monday that there would likely be no letup in its crackdown in the remote Xinjiang region, but said the government’s focus is shifting more to addressing the roots of extremism. China’s policies in Xinjiang, home to the Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups, have become a major point of division …

More than half a million Uighurs and other minorities forced to pick cotton in China, report reveals
4 years ago

More than half a million Uighurs and other minorities forced to pick cotton in China, report reveals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than half a million …

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report
4 years ago

More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report

Firstpost  

China has strongly denied allegations of forced labour involving Uighurs in Xinjiang, and accused the US of wanting to “suppress Xinjiang companies” Beijing: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced into picking cotton by hand through a coercive State labour scheme, a report has said. A report by Washington-based think-tank the Center …

US blocks Imports of Xinjiang 'Slave Labour' Cotton
4 years, 1 month ago

US blocks Imports of Xinjiang 'Slave Labour' Cotton

News 18  

The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with “slave labor” in China’s Xinjiang region, authorities have announced. Beijing responded by accusing the United States of fabricating “fake news of so-called forced labor” and attempting to “oppress Xinjiang businesses.” “Their aim is to constrain and oppress relevant parties and enterprises in China and curb China’s development,” …

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses
4 years, 1 month ago

US to block goods from Chinese company over rights abuses

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. said Wednesday it would block imports from a major Chinese producer of cotton goods because of its reliance on workers detained as part of a crackdown on ethnic minorities in China’s northwest. China swiftly denounced the measure, with foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying calling it a deliberate effort to use “false news” to “restrict and suppress …

US blocks cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region over reported forced-labor abuses
4 years, 1 month ago

US blocks cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region over reported forced-labor abuses

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will block imports of cotton, reportedly produced with forced labor, from China’s western Xinjiang region. “Those cheap cotton goods you may be buying for family and friends during the season of giving, if coming from China, may have been made by slave labor in some of the most egregious human rights …

‘This is Modern Day Slavery’: US Blocks Chinese Products Made by Uighur 'Forced Labour'
4 years, 3 months ago

‘This is Modern Day Slavery’: US Blocks Chinese Products Made by Uighur 'Forced Labour'

News 18  

The US announced Monday it would block a range of Chinese products made by “forced labor” in the Xinjiang region, including from a “vocational” center that it branded a “concentration camp” for Uighur minorities. “The Chinese government is engaged in systematic abuses against the Uighur people” and other minorities, said Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection …

US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labour
4 years, 3 months ago

US halts imports from China's Uighur region for forced labour

India Today  

Four companies and a manufacturing facility in northwestern China have been blocked from shipping their products to the U.S. because of their suspected reliance on forced labor from people detained as part of a massive campaign against ethnic minorities in the region. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and computer parts …

US blocks some Xinjiang goods from China suspected of being made with slave labor
4 years, 3 months ago

US blocks some Xinjiang goods from China suspected of being made with slave labor

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration issued new import restrictions on Monday against Chinese companies it accuses of using slave labor, including products from suspected mass prison camps in China’s western Xinjiang region. One of Xinjiang’s “vocational skills education and training centers” is also named in the order, a name used euphemistically by Beijing to refer to the large re-education camps …

US Prepares Orders Blocking Cotton, Tomato Imports From China's Xinjiang Over Forced Labor
4 years, 4 months ago

US Prepares Orders Blocking Cotton, Tomato Imports From China's Xinjiang Over Forced Labor

News 18  

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have prepared orders to block imports of cotton and tomato products from western China’s Xinjiang region over allegations they are produced with forced labor, although a formal announcement has been delayed. The cotton and tomato bans along with five other import bans involving Xinjiang forced-labor abuses would be an unprecedented move by CBP and …

Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized
4 years, 6 months ago

Hair weaves suspected to be from Chinese detention camps seized

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a Chinese internment camp. “The production of these goods constitutes a very serious human rights violation, and the detention order is intended to send a clear and direct message …

Growing evidence Uighurs forced to work in China factories-report
4 years, 10 months ago

Growing evidence Uighurs forced to work in China factories-report

Al Jazeera  

Report finds Uighurs working in Chinese factories that are in the supply chains of 83 global brands. Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of “forced labour” in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, an Australian think-tank said in a report released on Sunday. “Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uighurs are …

US halts import of goods suspected to have been made with forced labor
5 years, 3 months ago

US halts import of goods suspected to have been made with forced labor

CNN  

Washington CNN — US Customs and Border Protection halted the import of products from five countries on Monday in a rare move aimed at countering forced labor abroad. The agency issued what is known as withhold release orders, which are intended to prevent goods suspected to have been made with forced labor from entering the US. “CBP’s issuing of these …

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