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May 31, 2025 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Did coerced labour build your car?

Nothing epitomises Chinese dominance over global industry more than its car sector. Outside Wuhan – yes, that Wuhan – in Hubei, central China, a 500 km2 industrial zone christened ‘Car Valley’ can…

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May 30, 2025 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

The world sanctioned Xinjiang cotton. China turned it into chicken feed

“It’ll be fine. As long as we have two hands and a big bag. We’ll get this cotton picked in no time. But in the evening, when we get home,…

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May 29, 2025 The New York Times

Far From Home: Uyghur Workers in Factories Supplying Global Brands

China’s mass detention and surveillance of ethnic Uyghurs turned its far western region of Xinjiang into a global symbol of forced labor and human rights abuses, prompting Congress to ban…

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May 29, 2025 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

China’s economy runs on Uyghur forced labour

A traditional song in the Uyghur language plays over the video of a man feeding bits of car chassis into a machine. “Who is going to the city to be…

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January 19, 2025 The Guardian

Thousands of Imports Enter Australia From Firms Blacklisted by US Over Alleged Uyghur Forced Labour Links

Australia is allowing thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted by the US over alleged links to forced Uyghur labour, including a supplier of parts to Sydney Metro vehicles, government documents have revealed.

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January 14, 2025 New York Times

Biden Administration Adds 37 Chinese Companies to Forced Labor List

The Biden administration said on Tuesday that it would block imports from more than three dozen Chinese companies, citing their alleged ties to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.

January 7, 2025 The Guardian

Shein Lawyer Accused of ‘Wilful Ignorance’ Over Cotton Linked to Forced Uyghur Labour

The online fashion seller Shein has refused to reassure British MPs that its products do not include cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China, which has been linked to forced Uyghur labour, prompting one MP to accuse its representative of “wilful ignorance”.

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December 12, 2024 Reuters

Exclusive: Shein IPO: UK Regulator Decision Slowed by NGO Challenge, Sources Say

Britain's financial regulator is taking longer than usual to approve fast-fashion retailer Shein's IPO because it is checking its supply chain oversight and assessing legal risks after an advocacy group for China's Uyghur population challenged the listing, according to two sources close to the matter.

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December 5, 2024 The Wire China

Bad-tasting Medicine

Deep linkages exist between forced labor in Xinjiang and the global pharmaceutical supply chain, according to a new report.

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December 2, 2024 BBC

‘Italian’ Purees in UK Supermarkets Likely to Contain Chinese Forced-Labour Tomatoes

“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found.

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