U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday banned a Chinese fishing company from selling seafood products in the United States over concerns that the firm was treating migrant workers like slaves. The agency said it will immediately start seizing tuna, swordfish, and other seafood products from Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd., at all U.S. ports…
US Bans Seafood Imports From Chinese Fleet That Engages in ‘Modern Slavery’
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Walmart’s earnings beating estimates. Store sales boosted by consumer spending from the stimulus checks, and new services added during the pandemic also helped. Scammers now targeting crypto investors. And scam reports are shooting up — more than ten times from the year before. How are they tricking people? Are your solar panels made with forced…
Forced Uyghur Labor Behind World’s Solar Panels, Investigation Finds
May 15, 2021
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British researchers say the world’s production of solar panels is being fueled by forced labor from Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. An investigation by Sheffield Hallam University says some 45 percent of the world’s supply of a key component in the panels—polysilicon—comes from Xinjiang and is obtained through a vast system of…
Chinese Regime Called the UN Xinjiang Human Rights Event a “Shameful Travesty”
The Chinese regime’s foreign ministry spokeswoman slams a scheduled U.N. virtual event on the repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities occurring in Xinjiang as an insult to the institution on May 10. This, after attempts to ambush it. The Chinese regime urged U.N. member states to boycott the event prepared by Germany, the United…
Underpaid, Overworked, Abused: Chinese Migrants Working on the Regime’s Belt and Road Initiative
Chinese migrants signed on to work for the CCP’s (Chinese Communist Party’s) Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with hopes of earning a good wage and sending support to their families back in China. Instead, they got stranded in several countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been subjected to a number of human rights…
Chinese TV Blurring Western Fashion Brand Logos as Xinjiang Row Escalates
April 11, 2021
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A state-backed campaign to boycott Western fashion brands for their refusal to use Xinjiang cotton over forced labor concerns has been seen for more than two weeks cross China. TV channels and online video streaming platforms have been blurring the logos of the Western brands on their shows. Since the end of March, entertainment shows…
Journalist Vicky Xu Says CCP Targeting Her Online for Exposing Forced Labor in China
April 6, 2021
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Vicky Xu, a Chinese researcher and journalist in Australia known for her reporting on the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, has blamed agents acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for releasing a video online about her in an attempt to smear her reputation. Xu has not been accepting media interview…
Texas Family Of Four Charged In Alleged Sex Trafficking Ring At Houston Bar
A Texas family has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy to do so, the Department Of Justice (DOJ) announced April 1. Maria Botello, 54, her son, Edgar Botello, 28, her nephew, Arian Botello, 23 and her daughter, Yudy Lucatero, 31, from Houston allegedly coerced waitresses working at the Houston bar Puerto Alegre to engage in commercial sex…
H&M Vows to Rebuild Trust in China After Xinjiang Backlash
March 31, 2021
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STOCKHOLM—H&M vowed on Wednesday to win back trust in China amid growing signs its fashion empire is suffering from a backlash after it voiced concerns last year about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang province. The comments come as Western brands battle to strike a balance between consumers in the world’s second-largest economy and public…
US Senators Push Solar Lobby to Detail Firms’ Links to Forced Labor in China
WASHINGTON—Two U.S. senators have asked the leading solar energy lobbying group to clarify U.S. dependence on solar products linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang, part of a push in Congress to address what Western countries say are rights abuses by Beijing. Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Jeff Merkley sent a letter on Tuesday asking…
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