US Reviews Report of Imports from Forced Labor in China Camp

[TomSea]

Now, it is being said, those in those concentration camps are being used for forced, maybe even slave labor.

US Reviews Report of Imports from Forced Labor in China Camp
By The Associated Press

BEIJING—The U.S. government said on Dec. 18 that it is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese internment camp where ethnic minorities are sewing clothes that have been shipped to the U.S. market.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that reporting by The Associated Press and other media “for the first time appears to link the internment camps identified in western China to the importation of goods produced by forced labor by a U.S. company.”

The AP tracked shipments from a factory in a camp in China’s far western Xinjiang region to Badger Sportswear in North Carolina. The company ships clothing to universities, colleges and schools around the United States.

Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-reviews-report-of-imports-from-forced-labor-in-china-camp_2743414.html

[rustynail]

Is the quality of the work good?

[Sanguine]

What's the difference between forced and slave labor?

[Oceander]

What's the difference between forced and slave labor?

There is apparently a difference:  https://www.issuelab.org/resources/15356/15356.pdf

In a nutshell:  Forced labor is any labor done under coercion, and is often temporary (such as labor as a punishment for a crime); slavery is a permanent condition that involves more than just coerced work. 

[Sanguine]

There is apparently a difference:  https://www.issuelab.org/resources/15356/15356.pdf

In a nutshell:  Forced labor is any labor done under coercion, and is often temporary (such as labor as a punishment for a crime); slavery is a permanent condition that involves more than just coerced work.

You're right, O, I should have specified "in China". 

[Frank Cannon]

Is the quality of the work good?

Obviously you haven't been exposed to the fine craftsmanship of stuff manufactured by the Chinamen....

[rustynail]

Muslims as slaves.  Ironic?