re: CBS reporter goes to China to check out its economy and technology

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You would be fine with the US having the same rules and standards for the workforce as China does?

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Since they are sooo great and all…

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Don’t play stupid. You know damn well what the worker conditions in China are.

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Since 2016, the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has subjected Uyghurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) to genocide, state-imposed forced labor, and crimes against humanity. (1) The PRC officially recognizes 55 ethnic groups in addition to the Han majority. Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other mostly Muslim minority groups are subjected to abuse and discrimination in places like the XUAR and elsewhere in the country. Uyghurs detained in camps and forced to work in factories must endure oppressive conditions. In one internment camp in Kashgar, Xinjiang, Uyghur detainees work as forced laborers to produce textiles. They receive little pay, are not allowed to leave, and have limited or no communication with family members. If family communication and visits are allowed, they are heavily monitored and can be cut short. When not working, the Uyghur workers must learn Mandarin and undergo ideological indoctrination. However, these abuses are not just limited to the XUAR. Beyond the XUAR, in the coastal Chinese province of Fujian, Uyghur workers at a factory in Quanzhou face similar abuses. They are made to live in separate dormitories from Han workers, surrounded by an iron gate and security cameras. Uyghurs often work longer hours than their Han co-workers. When finished for the day, the Uyghur workers are escorted back to their dormitories by provincial police officers from the XUAR – not Fujian. The local police say the roll call is to ensure no one is missing. However, Uyghur workers at this factory cannot exercise their free will to leave the premises. Even if they could leave, local police have confiscated their identification materials.

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In February 2024, the International Labor Organization (ILO) issued updated guidance on state-imposed forced labor, which it refers to forms of forced labor imposed by state authorities, agents acting on behalf of state authorities, and organizations with authority similar to the state. (2) Different forms of state-imposed forced labor utilized by the PRC government in the XUAR include prison labor, the “Vocational Skills Education and Training Centers” or reeducation centers, and transfers of non-detained rural “surplus” laborers into factory work, known as Poverty Alleviation Through Labor Transfer. (3) (4) Poverty Alleviation Through Labor Transfer involves local government agencies in the XUAR working directly with companies to relocate people from rural communities to industrial areas for employment, both inside the XUAR and throughout China. (3) The PRC government gives subsidies to companies moving to the XUAR and for employing Muslim-minority workers. (5) These practices heighten demand for members of Muslim and ethnic minority groups that the government wants placed in work assignments where they can be controlled and watched, receive Mandarin-Chinese language training, and undergo political indoctrination. (5) Once at a work placement, workers are usually subjected to constant surveillance and isolation. Given the vast surveillance state in the XUAR and the threat of detention, individuals have little choice but to endure these unspeakable labor and human rights abuses. (6) The Poverty Alleviation Through Labor Transfer program has continued to expand and is now Xinjiang’s primary coercive labor system, with labor transfers occurring more than 3 million times in 2022. (7)

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