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Modern cotton slaves in 18 countries work for large textile companies and many are children
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The latest evidence about forced labour in China has emerged in Brazil at China's BYD factory where authorities identified "textbook red flag of forced laour."
The list is long if you do research.
Mr whataboutism changing the topic from cotton in China to construction in Brazil. If those claims are true, the same piece you quoted says they are breaking labor laws in Brazil and China
It's especially easy to do research when you just accept whatever narrative fits your bias as soon as it is shoveled into your mouth by the pentagon
This is not whataboutism as forced labour is not limited to cotton and the fashion industry. There is much evidence for this.
The article is about cotton and my comment was about how that was debunked. There is not much evidence for it, and you saying that there is evidence is not evidence. Reports by US NGOs citing no sources is not evidence. This is literally just a paper aimed at promoting anti Chinese rhetoric, as all your posts are. You seem to have a vendetta against China since you've only joined a few days ago and have made many posts about them