The rise in forced labor of ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang is part of a growing pattern of severe human rights abuses across the region. Not only are hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority laborers being forced to pick cotton by hand, but the Chinese government has also facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghurs to remote factories across the country. Our panel of experts will discuss the systematic forced labor of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the Chinese government’s coercive labor training and transfer scheme, and the drastic consequences for supply chains around the world.
From Fields to Factories: The Rise of Forced Uyghur Labor in Xinjiang
