PC Manufacturers Apple, Lenovo, Sony, Dell & ASUS Face Human Abuse Bans
Lenovo, Dell ASUS, Hewlett Packard, Samsung, Sony, and Apple are just some of the technology brands facing global PC shortages because of their association with Chinese manufacturers linked with human abuse. All of these Companies are selling to retailers in Australia who claim that they are monitoring brands accused of using ‘slave labour’ to manufacture components for technology products.
Nike and Coca-Cola Lobby Against Xinjiang Forced Labor Bill
Business groups and major companies like Apple have been pressing Congress to alter legislation cracking down on imports of goods made with forced labor from persecuted Muslim minorities in China.
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China
Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers.
American Eagle: A Message to Our Suppliers: Cotton & Country of Origin Policy
American Eagle's statement on Xinjiang.
Disney remake of Mulan criticised for filming in Xinjiang
Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan, already the target of a boycott, has come under fire for filming in Xinjiang, the site of alleged widespread human rights abuses against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. After the film’s release last Friday, observers noted another controversial element: in the final credits Disney offers “special thanks” to eight government entities in Xinjiang, including the public security bureau in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang where several re-education camps have been documented.
Uighurs in Sweden join global call to end forced labour in China
The Sweden Uighur Education Association has endorsed a call to major global brands, including Sweden's H&M and Electrolux, to help end human-rights abuses in China by severing ties to any factory accused of using forced labour.
Ralph Lauren Statement on Xinjiang
“Ralph Lauren Corporation is committed to conducting its global operations ethically and with respect for the dignity of all people. We are deeply troubled by the reports of forced labor in and from Xinjiang. Our company has zero tolerance for forced labor of any kind, and if we find that any facility, anywhere in the world, is not acting in accordance with our Operating Standards, we take appropriate remedial and disciplinary action.”
US adds 11 more Chinese companies to entity list for Uyghur human rights violations
The United States has added 11 more Chinese companies into its entity list for their alleged involvement in repressing Uyghur Muslims and other Muslim ethnic minorities within China, effectively banning them from purchasing US technology without a licence.
US adds 11 more Chinese companies to entity list for Uyghur human rights violations
The United States has added 11 more Chinese companies into its entity list for their alleged involvement in repressing Uyghur Muslims and other Muslim ethnic minorities within China, effectively banning them from purchasing US technology without a licence.
Subsidiary of world's largest shirtmaker put on U.S. blacklist over Xinjiang ties
The U.S. Commerce Department announced on July 20 that it had added a subsidiary of one of the world's largest contract shirtmakers and 10 other companies to an export blacklist over their supply chain ties to Xinjiang, where Muslim ethnic minorities are pushed into a forced labor factory system.
Exclusive: Amazon turns to Chinese firm on U.S. blacklist to meet thermal camera needs
Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Trump Blacklisted This Chinese Company. Now It’s Making Coronavirus Masks for U.S. Hospitals.
With nurses and doctors desperate for respirator masks during the coronavirus outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration rolled out an emergency approval process for China-based suppliers last week, aiming to let quality products in and keep fraudulent ones out. But the first company the FDA approved has been prohibited by law from bidding for some federal contracts in the United States. Although the company, BYD, is a major global player in the electric vehicle and lithium battery markets, it also has glaring red flags on its record, experts warn, including a history of supplying allegedly faulty products to the U.S., ties to the Chinese military and Communist Party, and possible links to forced labor.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Statement on Xinjiang
Abercrombie & Fitch’s official statement in response to ASPI’s report, which was originally published on 1 March 2020.
Tech giants push back on forced Uyghur labour claims
ZDNet asked 13 of the companies named in ASPI's report for a response to ASPI's claims, of which five were returned by the time of publication.
Bombardier investigating reported links to Uighur forced labour in China
Bombardier Inc. says it is concerned about a new report that links it and other companies to the alleged forced labour of Muslim minorities in China.
China Uighurs 'moved into factory forced labour' for foreign brands
Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands, a new report says. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute said this was the next phase in China's re-education of Uighurs.
China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike
The workers in standard-issue blue jackets stitch and glue and press together about 8 million pairs of Nikes each year at Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co., a Nike supplier for more than 30 years and one of the American brand's largest factories. They churn out pair after pair of Shox, with their springy shock absorbers in the heels, and the signature Air Max, plus seven other lines of sports shoes. But hundreds of these workers did not choose to be here: They are ethnic Uighurs from China’s western Xinjiang region, sent here by local authorities in groups of 50 to toil far from home.
China Cables: Germany under pressure to respond to Beijing's Uighur internment
Tech and big data are at the center of the story of "the largest mass internment of an ethnic-religious minority since World War II," the ICIJ wrote. And Munich-based multinational Siemens has connections to one of the companies involved in the gathering of data on the Uighurs. The "Integrated Joint Operation Platform" used to track and evaluate the Uighurs' every move was developed in part by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a state-run firm. That firm has dealings with Siemens, a spokesperson for Europe's largest manufacturing company told DW in a statement: Siemens advises CETC on the "intelligent manufacturing solutions" it uses in its production facilities.