Tag: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)

Congressional Hearing Examines Corporate Complicity in Subsidizing China’s Human Rights Violations

U.S. corporations are complicit in human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and subject America to national security risks by adhering to the CCP’s demands, witnesses said at a hearing held by the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Tuesday. During his opening remarks, commission chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.)…


US Companies Aiding China’s Human Rights Violations Under Spotlight at Congressional Hearing

U.S. corporations are complicit in human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and subject America to national security risks by adhering to the CCP’s demands, witnesses said at a hearing held by the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Tuesday. During his opening remarks, commission chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.)…


US Appeasement Prolonging CCP’s Slave-Camp Manufacturing, Says China Expert

Cotton from Xinjiang has brought to light the notorious concentration camps, forced labor, and the Chinese communist regime’s crime of genocide against Xinjiang’s Uyghur population. However, slave labor has been a feature of the regime’s prisons since the communist revolution ended in 1949, and sporadic reports on the issue have never received enough attention from…


CCP’s Slave-Labor Practices Aided by West Turning Blind Eye, Says China Expert

Cotton from Xinjiang has brought to light the notorious concentration camps, forced labor, and the Chinese communist regime’s crime of genocide against Xinjiang’s Uyghur population. However, slave labor has been a feature of the regime’s prisons since the communist revolution ended in 1949, and sporadic reports on the issue have never received enough attention from…


Climate Advocate Al Gore and CEO Tim Cook Must Be Ousted From Apple Board: NLPC

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a nonprofit that reports on the ethics of public officials, has made two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing the position of Apple CEO Tim Cook and climate advocate Al Gore on Apple’s board of directors. The SEC filing that called for voting against…


House Republicans Demand Investigation Over DHS Money Being Used to Buy Chinese Solar Panels Made With Forced Labor

Eighteen Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conduct an “immediate investigation” on possible federal law violations by sending taxpayer money for the purchase of Chinese-made solar panels. “We are concerned with federal taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated to FEMA for supplemental disaster relief since 2017 and how they…


China-US Tensions Intensify: US Bill Targets Beijing Over Uyghur Forced Labor

Commentary Beijing is furious over a new U.S. law. It passed late in 2021 but only went into effect this past June. It would ban imports of any goods connected to the forced labor of Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region. It would understate to say that Beijing has taken umbrage. Its spokespeople have angrily denied…