New research suggests that one of the world's leading development banks has been providing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to companies that may be relying on forced labor from Uyghur and other ethnic minority groups in China
But new research suggests the organization, which operates under the World Bank Group, has been providing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans to companies that may be relying on forced labor from Uyghur and other ethnic minority groups in China's western Xinjiang region.
'How can we feel safe?': Uyghur on Chinese government policy 03:55Citing an official press release, the report said that, in one case, the paramilitary organization Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps , which controls the region economically and politically, conducted"ideological work" on those who expressed reluctance about changing their farming methods, which the report described as a method of"coercing" minorities.
Leaked records expose China's Xinjiang camps 06:57Washington is also leading a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which conclude Sunday. In December, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the United States would not continue do"business as usual" and participate in the"fanfare" of the Games because of the"ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
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