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Detecting slave-made goods from China is growing harder, U.S. says

Major brands face a growing challenge to root out forced labor in Chinese supply chains, the top U.S. anti-human trafficking official said Friday, as the United States stepped up the …

Labour Protections for Overseas Chinese Workers: Legal Framework and Judicial Practice

The launch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought attention to the dispatch of Chinese workers overseas. These vulnerable migrants are often charged high fees in China only to …

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Digital Labour Platforms and Labour Protection in China

The growth of digital labour platforms worldwide creates both opportunities and challenges to the world of work as well as the traditional approaches of regulating work and setting minimum stand- …

U.S. lawmakers seek to tighten ban on forced-labor goods from China’s Xinjiang

Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region from reaching the United States. The legislation would require importers to …

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Auditors to Stop Inspecting Factories in China’s Xinjiang Despite Forced-Labor Concerns

At least five organizations say they won’t help companies audit their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang region, where human-rights activists say a police-state atmosphere and government controls make it too …

China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet

China is pushing growing numbers of Tibetan rural laborers off the land and into recently built military-style training centers where they are turned into factory workers, mirroring a program in …

UK Parliament Launches Enquiry Into Xinjiang Internment Camps, Questions British Business Ties

Britain’s parliament on Wednesday opened an investigation into British business connections with China’s internment camps and use of forced labor in its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, vowing to find ways …

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H&M cuts ties with Chinese supplier over Xinjiang forced labour accusations

The company also said it had conducted “an inquiry at all the garment manufacturing factories we work with in China aiming to ensure that they are not employing workers … …

U.S. Restricts Chinese Apparel and Tech Products, Citing Forced Labor

The Trump administration on Monday announced new restrictions on imports of apparel, hair products and technology goods from certain Chinese companies, saying those entities had used forced labor in the …

U.S. readies bans on cotton, tomato imports from China’s Xinjiang

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have prepared orders to block imports of cotton and tomato products from China’s western region of Xinjiang over accusations of forced labor, though a …

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