VOC Featured in the New York Post

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was recently featured in a New York Post exclusive on the ongoing revelations connecting the popular Labubu dolls and China’s system of forced labor.

As the New York Post’s Ryan King writes, “The Department of Homeland Security is coming under pressure to sequester shipments of Labubu dolls coming into the US due to forced labor concerns. A test found that 16 of 20 of Pop Mart’s plush monster toys were comprised of some cotton from Xinjiang, where China is accused of carrying out human rights violations against the Muslim Uyghur population.”

Speaking with the New York Post, VOC President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson argued that it is undeniable that the dolls are using cotton sourced from Xinjiang. “The communists in Beijing are operating a modern-day slavery ring and secretly exporting these tainted products to unknowing American consumers. This is what evil looks like.”

As outlined in a memo for U.S. policymakers, VOC laid out the facts in this alarming case.

-Xinjiang operates the world’s largest contemporary system of state-imposed forced labor. In 2025 alone, authorities transferred over 3 million people via “labor transfers,” with those refusing state work assignments facing detention and long-term imprisonment.

–Dongguan, Guangdong—where Pop Mart’s production capacity is centered—also has documented labor transfer programs importing Uyghur workers from Xinjiang.

-Xinjiang produces over 90% of China’s cotton and roughly 20% of global cotton supply, making genuinely clean cotton supply chains inside China vanishingly rare and impossible to maintain. “Cotton trains” regularly transport Xinjiang cotton to textile hubs in Guangdong and Hebei where Pop Mart concentrates production.

-In 2021, Pop Mart terminated its collaboration with Adidas after the sportswear company pledged to avoid Xinjiang cotton. In court filings, the company accused Adidas of “baselessly smearing Xinjiang” and “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people.”

–Pop Mart’s U.S. footprint has expanded from 26 stores in March 2025 to 72 by the end of 2025, with plans to exceed 100 locations in 2026, including 20+ new stores through a partnership announced in January 2026.

The U.S. government already has the authority to stop these forced labor imports. Now is the time to act.