Elon Musk faces pressure over Tesla business in Xinjiang
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Elon Musk asked to prove Tesla vehicles aren’t manufactured with forced labor of Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region
Democrat lawmakers have joined Republicans in scolding Elon Musk for opening a Tesla showroom in Xinjiang, where China is accused of slavery and genocide against Uighur Muslims.
In a rare showing of bipartisan agreement, two Democratic congressmen who oversee trade wrote to Mr Musk demanding to know whether Tesla sourced its materials and products from forced-labour camps in Xinjiang.
Independent unfortunately has a paywall?
https://edition.independent.co.uk/edition/uk.co.independent.issue.210122/148895/index.html
Perhaps the US Lawmakers should also examine their own backyard.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/23/prisoner-speak-out-american-slave-labor-strike
BD You have a point. But genocide isn’t happening in the US prison system.
As with Hong Kong, shouldn’t the UK give Uighur Muslims citizenship? Likewise the US?What if this is no different to the Nazis ‘final solution’ against Jews? The US Ford Corporation used Jewish slave labour furnished by
the Nazis.James, I think there is, without doubt, a discriminatory ethnic campaign against the Uyghur, as there is against Tibetans, to remove their cultural connections and that can be considered as genocide according to the UN definition.
Labour and re-education camps do exist but death camps, I have never seen any evidence of their existence.
As always, not being on the ground, we are reliant upon media reporting and as always we are exposed to misinformation.
This article explains the problem we are up against when it comes to getting to the truth of the matter. Think tanks are not always independent sources.
And even this website’s credentials may be in question.
Forced labour in the USA
How the 13th Amendment’s Fatal Flaw Created Modern-Day Convict Slavery
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