Writing in Foreign Policy, VOC Senior Fellow in China studies, Dr. Adrian Zenz, and researcher Muetter Tohti explore how Beijing is pioneering new tools of transnational repression. Transnational repression has moved from the margins of human rights reporting to the… Read More
In the province of Xinjiang, China operates the world’s largest system of state-imposed forced labor. Government documents reveal how millions of Uyghurs and members of other population groups are systematically put to work through coercive programs. From cotton and tomatoes to the polysilicon in… Read More
Last month, firsthand testimony from a former Han Chinese police officer who supervised Uyghur labor transfers in Xinjiang described how the system works. Workers are taken to cotton fields under armed escort. Identity cards are confiscated to prevent escape. Those who refuse… Read More
Pop Mart’s Viral Labubu Toys Expose Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains Pop Mart’s collectible Labubu dolls, sold in “blind boxes” across U.S. retail stores, contain cotton that traces directly to China’s Xinjiang region, where up to 3 million Uyghurs… Read More
The U.S. State Department’s naming of Riley Barnes as special coordinator for Tibetan Issues signals a vital resumption of high-level engagement with the region — and it arrives not a moment too soon. The appointment followed a bipartisan push led by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and John… Read More
A new peer-reviewed academic report by VOC’s Dr. Adrian Zenz and I-Lin Lin, published by the International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS), shows that China’s agricultural sector in Xinjiang is more tainted by forced labor than previously known, raising… Read More
The Chinese province of Xinjiang is synonymous with human rights abuses, mass incarceration, and forced labor. Western sanctions have come into force as a result. But the South China Morning Post reported on October 24 that Xinjiang’s foreign exports surged by a record 49% in… Read More
In a new Foreign Policy op-ed, VOC’s Dr. Adrian Zenz argues that China’s use of coercive labor is getting less visible, but more intense. As Dr. Zenz writes, “Beijing has repeatedly claimed that there is ‘no forced labor’ in Xinjiang…. Read More
By Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, and Erin Rosenberg, an attorney specializing in international criminal law and reparations. In January, the U.S. government determined China’s actions in… Read More
‘In the past, my lazy thoughts . . . were serious. Now, I finally understand that the happiest thing is to use the money I earn with my hard-working hands and my sweat.” These are the words of a Uighur villager in… Read More
