Investigation reveals forced labour in Chinese textile factories

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AUDIO: Investigation reveals forced labour in Chinese textile factories

Since last spring, several hundred thousand and possibly more than 1 million ethnic minorities — mostly Uighur — in Xinjiang have been interned in mass detention facilities. The ABC interviewed Uighur individuals in Australia who have family members or friends currently detained in China.

The 2009 riots that led to some of China's worst ethnic violence and set the wheels in motion for today's internment camps in Xinjiang began in the most unlikely of places: a toy factory.

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North Korea factory workers pay to keep two past Leaders crypts adorned and cared for. Do they not bury or cremate Leaders in North Korea?

When Muslim countries place their relationship with China above the Uighurs & Penny Wong said Australia's 'reality is it’s an asymmetric relationship economically' don't expect Australian companies to have an impact. All hail the mighty Chinese Renminbi!

That's hardly a new story.

CottonOn in the spotlight, yet again. The same lot that want me to donate - at the checkout - to one humanitarian project or another. hypocrites

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