Posted on Jun 2, 2021
China's Belt and Road Being Built with Forced Labor
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More exemplary human rights behavior from China
China's Belt and Road Being Built with Forced Labor
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
The other form of forced labor is systematic and legal under China's penal system. Communist China has used forced labor and labor camps, citing "reeducation", since the 1950s. In 2013, the CCP claimed that it was abolishing the practice, only to reinstate it again some years later to "reeducate" Uyghurs. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), the Chinese government has built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang. "By most estimates, about 10% of Uighurs and other Muslim nationalities in Xinjiang have found themselves arbitrarily detained in these camps," according to Nathan Ruser, a researcher at the ASPI.
"Tens of thousands of former detainees are likely to have been transferred into forced labour programmes... Xinjiang's continuing detention camps ...underpin a vast network of labour programmes where consent is impossible. They contaminate the supply chains of hundreds of multinational companies with forced labour, and they implicate not only Chinese authorities, but much of the rest of the world in a concerted campaign of ethnic replacement that credible reports suggest may well amount to genocide".
The other form of forced labor is systematic and legal under China's penal system. Communist China has used forced labor and labor camps, citing "reeducation", since the 1950s. In 2013, the CCP claimed that it was abolishing the practice, only to reinstate it again some years later to "reeducate" Uyghurs. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), the Chinese government has built nearly 400 detention camps in Xinjiang. "By most estimates, about 10% of Uighurs and other Muslim nationalities in Xinjiang have found themselves arbitrarily detained in these camps," according to Nathan Ruser, a researcher at the ASPI.
"Tens of thousands of former detainees are likely to have been transferred into forced labour programmes... Xinjiang's continuing detention camps ...underpin a vast network of labour programmes where consent is impossible. They contaminate the supply chains of hundreds of multinational companies with forced labour, and they implicate not only Chinese authorities, but much of the rest of the world in a concerted campaign of ethnic replacement that credible reports suggest may well amount to genocide".
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
Yep, about 83 brands by some estimates use labor from forced labor camps, as of March the list of companies included:
Abercrombie & Fitch (Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister Co., Ruehl No. 925)
Adidas
Amazon private labels
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Anta Sports Products Ltd.
Burberry Group PLC (Burberry)
Burlington Stores, Inc. (Burlington)
Capri Holdings Ltd. (Michael Kors, Versace, Jimmy Choo)
CHANEL International B.V. (Chanel)
Costco
Esprit
Fast Retailing (Uniqlo, Theory, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Princesse Tam-Tam)
Foot Locker
GIII Apparel Group Ltd. (licensed apparel for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL)
Gap Inc. (Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta)
Guess
Hanesbrands Inc. (Hanes, Champion, Playtex)
Hermès International S.A. (Hermès)
HLA Corporation Ltd.
Inditex (Zara, Massimo Dutti, Berska, Oysho, Pull and Bear, Stradivarius, Uterque, Stradivarius, Lefties)
Kering (Gucci, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Brioni)
Kohl’s
Kontoor Brands (Lee, Wrangler, Rock & Republic)
L Brands (Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, La Senza)
Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi’s, Dockers)
Lululemon Athletica
LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Celine, Sephora)
Macy’s Inc. (Macy’s)
Next plc
Nike, Inc. (Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse)
Nordstrom, Inc. (Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack)
PVH (Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Heritage Brands portfolio)
Ralph Lauren Corporation (Ralph Lauren, Club Monaco)
Richemont Group (Chloé, dunhill, Peter Millar)
Ross Stores, Inc.
J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury’s)
Sears Holdings (Sears)
Tapestry (Coach, Kate Spade, & Stuart Weitzman)
Target Corporation (Target)
Tesco plc (Tesco)
TJX Companies Inc. (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense
VF Corporation (The North Face, Timberland, Dickies, Vans, Jansport)
Walmart Inc. (Walmart, Sam’s Club, Flipkart, Bonobos)
Walt Disney
Wesfarmers (Kmart Australia, Target Australia)
Woolworths
Zalando
There may be more, but that is the most complete list I have found.
Abercrombie & Fitch (Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister Co., Ruehl No. 925)
Adidas
Amazon private labels
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
Anta Sports Products Ltd.
Burberry Group PLC (Burberry)
Burlington Stores, Inc. (Burlington)
Capri Holdings Ltd. (Michael Kors, Versace, Jimmy Choo)
CHANEL International B.V. (Chanel)
Costco
Esprit
Fast Retailing (Uniqlo, Theory, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Princesse Tam-Tam)
Foot Locker
GIII Apparel Group Ltd. (licensed apparel for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL)
Gap Inc. (Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta)
Guess
Hanesbrands Inc. (Hanes, Champion, Playtex)
Hermès International S.A. (Hermès)
HLA Corporation Ltd.
Inditex (Zara, Massimo Dutti, Berska, Oysho, Pull and Bear, Stradivarius, Uterque, Stradivarius, Lefties)
Kering (Gucci, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Brioni)
Kohl’s
Kontoor Brands (Lee, Wrangler, Rock & Republic)
L Brands (Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, La Senza)
Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi’s, Dockers)
Lululemon Athletica
LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Celine, Sephora)
Macy’s Inc. (Macy’s)
Next plc
Nike, Inc. (Nike, Brand Jordan, Converse)
Nordstrom, Inc. (Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack)
PVH (Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Heritage Brands portfolio)
Ralph Lauren Corporation (Ralph Lauren, Club Monaco)
Richemont Group (Chloé, dunhill, Peter Millar)
Ross Stores, Inc.
J Sainsbury plc (Sainsbury’s)
Sears Holdings (Sears)
Tapestry (Coach, Kate Spade, & Stuart Weitzman)
Target Corporation (Target)
Tesco plc (Tesco)
TJX Companies Inc. (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense
VF Corporation (The North Face, Timberland, Dickies, Vans, Jansport)
Walmart Inc. (Walmart, Sam’s Club, Flipkart, Bonobos)
Walt Disney
Wesfarmers (Kmart Australia, Target Australia)
Woolworths
Zalando
There may be more, but that is the most complete list I have found.
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