Uighurs are a largely Muslim ethnic minority primarily from the Xinjiang region of northwest China. The program sends Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into factory and service jobs. Now their labor is part of the PPE supply chain. According to China’s National Medical Products Administration, only four companies in Xinjiang produced medical-grade protective equipment before the pandemic. As of June 30, that number was 51.
The program is widely publicized in state media as a form of poverty reduction. The Human Rights Investigations Lab at the University of California, Berkeley and the Uyghur Human Rights Project have both collected dozens of videos and social media reports that document the recent labor transfers.
And the Uighur live in an area which is about 20% of China, they are Chinese Muslims, have many children per family, and the other Chinese don't like them. They are considered 'illegal aliens'.
If trmRump had done his job we would have enough masks produced in the US and not have to buy them from China
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