Once again, Chinese economic clout has forced a US company to back off for its criticism of the use of forced labor by members of the persecuted Muslim minority. This time, US chip maker Intel has apologized for previously asking its suppliers not to use goods from the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang. Reports Free Europe.
As is known, the Chinese government holds nearly a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps. One of the human rights institutions of the United Nations, which is Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination As early as 2018, he warned that he had reliable information about the camps’ existence.
2 weeks Washington Postos Information received Based on That Huawei, the developer of the Hungarian 5G network, has worked closely together to develop the technology used to oppress the Muslim minority. In the leaked renders, the company boasted of developing a platform to lay the foundations for smart prisons. The technology is able to identify people based on voice, intelligently track people based on footage from public cameras, and monitor the work of employees. a year ago Researchers introducedHow the company developed facial recognition technology that can identify a person’s Uighur origin and alert authorities.
Since then, according to an Australian report, tens of thousands of Uyghurs have been relocated and forced to work in the factories of multinational corporations since 2017. The resettlement of Uyghurs from reeducation camps has been confirmed by several official government documents, indicating that the process is part of State supported system.
Uyghur forced laborers have joined the product lines of Apple, BMW, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony, Volkswagen, among others. But about 258,000 Lenovo laptops, commissioned by the US federal government to promote online education, have also been shown to have fallen out of the hands of forced laborers. We also reported that a file New York times Based on his excavations, many mouth masks and protective gear were made in factories working with the oppressed minority.
The ban on marketing products made through forced labor is in effect
We reported last year that while the company lobby had made a strong effort to loosen the law that preceded forced Uyghur action, it was passed with significant support by the US Federal House of Representatives last September. The law would require US-based companies to examine their own production and supply chains, and would effectively ban the import of products made partially or wholly in Uyghur-populated Xinjiang unless the distributor can prove that the products in question are not forced labour. made.
The law entered into force Thursday with the signature of US President Joe Biden – mentioned a hill. Last week, the US government put more Chinese companies on the ban list, this time companies that trade in biotech services and devices. Two weeks ago, the United States announced a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics and Paralympics due to the Chinese authorities’ treatment of Uyghurs. Britain, Canada and Australia later joined the initiative.
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