VOC Director of China Studies, Dr. Adrian Zenz, supported an investigation into the shocking amount of Western companies’ forced labor usage across China in 75 factories. Companies including BMW Group, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz AG, LG Electronics, Tesla, KFC, McDonald’s, and Skechers… 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
Since the Chinese People’s Liberation Army marched into East Turkistan, now named the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in 1949 and occupied the land, Uyghurs have lived in constant fear and oppression, with their calendars marked by continual tragedy. The Urumchi… Read More
The repression of Muslim Uyghurs in China is a continuation of decades of harsh communist treatment of the faith, write VOC’s Dr. Eric Patterson alongside Rushan Abbas.
A media investigation has unearthed new evidence of Beijing’s secret defamatory campaign against Dr. Adrian Zenz, Director of China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC).
VOC recognizes the significant steps taken by the U.S. government in sanctioning Chinese government officials in response to the human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This decision, as declared by the U.S. Treasury and State Department, closely follows the groundbreaking research conducted by VOC Senior Fellow and Director in China Studies Dr. Adrian Zenz, who was instrumental in bringing these issues to light.
New evidence from internal Chinese documents released today by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) raise fresh questions about forced labor risk linked to Volkswagen’s operations in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang, where Beijing’s mass internment and forced labor of Uyghurs have been well documented.
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
