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China Forcing Uighurs To Make Face Masks Sold In U.S. Josh Hawley Wants Companies ‘Held Accountable’

“They will be held accountable.”

Tim Pearce
China Forcing Uighurs To Make Face Masks Sold In U.S. Josh Hawley Wants Companies ‘Held Accountable’
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Chinese companies are using forced labor to created hundreds of thousands of units of protective medical face masks and shipping them all around the world, including to the United States, a New York Times investigation has found.

The NYT released a video detailing the results of its months-long investigation into medical supply chains for face masks on Sunday. The investigation added to a mounting body of evidence against Chinese Communist Party that China’s government is systemically oppressing ethnic minorities in the country’s Xinjiang region. The investigation also found that companies around the world, including in the U.S., are benefitting from that oppression.

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