Tag: slave labor

Chinese Slavery Is Being Protected by Government and Business Interests: Nadine Maenza

Slave labor is being used on a large scale globally, including by many companies right here in the United States. Much of the garment industry, for example, is using slave-picked cotton from China. Now some of these goods have been banned in the United States, but the Chinese regime continues its use of these practices….


Second Renewable Energy Zone Announced in Australia

The New South Wales (NSW) government has officially declared the nation’s second renewable energy hub as the Australian state plans to gradually phase out its fleet of coal-fired power stations. The hub will be located in New England in the state’s north-east, with the NSW government banking on $10.7 billion from the private sector to…


Rubio Stalls Vote on Defense Bill Over Amendment to Ban Products From China’s Xinjiang

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) late Wednesday blocked a quick deal for votes on an amendment deal for an annual defense policy bill, over his proposed legislation that would hold the Chinese regime accountable for its human rights abuses. Rubio had proposed for an amendment to be included in the the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal…


Freedom Cannot Be Taken for Granted, A Price Ought to Be Paid to Preserve It: Eric Metaxas

The liberty and self-governance secured by Americans in decades past are now being taken for granted, to the point that this freedom and self determination is beginning to dissipate, Eric Metaxas, whose show was recently canceled by YouTube, told The Epoch Times. This a warning for people to realize that they need to stand up…


Bipartisan Senate Coalition Calls for Banning Imports Made With Uyghur Slave Labor

A proposal with bipartisan backing is before the U.S. Senate to make it illegal to import into the U.S. products made in China using the slave labor of members of the Uyghur Muslim minority in that country. The proposal—known as the “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act”—is co-sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Sen. Jeff…


Inside China’s Xinyang Prison: Abuse and Forced Labor

Xinyang Prison is described as the “worst” prison in China’s Henan Province. A human rights activist shared his father’s story with The Epoch Times, a former inmate who experienced and witnessed various abuses in the prison. Xing Jian is a human rights activist from Henan and currently lives in New Zealand. His father, Xing Wangli,…


Chinese Embassy Tried to Silence Me, UK Rights Activist Benedict Rogers Reveals

The Chinese Embassy in Britain made repeated attempts to pressure a prominent human rights advocate to stop criticising the Communist regime, it has been revealed. Benedict Rogers, co-founder and deputy chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, told The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program about his own “very small experience” of the Chinese…