5 ms·
Just over a year ago, at least two textile and fiber watchdogs faced scrutiny for their links to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a quasi-
by ilamont 5y ago
Just over a year ago, at least two textile and fiber watchdogs faced scrutiny for their links to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a quasi-military organization that the U.S. government sanctioned in 2020 due to its role in operating mass internment camps and using forced labor in cotton fields.
https://www.axios.com/global-textile-watchdogs-struggled-in-xinjiang-4fab92bd-c606-456b-b905-1f3458bcf453.html https://www.axios.com/global-textile-watchdogs-struggled-in-...
- pphysch 5y agoSources: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Darren Byler, and Adrian Zenz. This should be hilarious to anyone who has been scrutinizing the Xinjiang narratives closely.
- ilamont 5y agoThis should be hilarious to anyone who has been scrutinizing the Xinjiang narratives closely. "Hilarious" is not the reaction that comes to mind.
- pphysch 5y agoI think it is, just like I would e.g. characterize an article that sources Mike Pompeo as a neutral expert on Iran as hilariously unserious.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- dustintrex 5y agoContext: A lot of Adrian Zenz's "research" is pretty sketchy. However, a lot of criticism directed his way is straight up Chinese propaganda, which also means that anybody else questioning his methods gets labeled as a wumao shill.
- pphysch 5y agoCan you link a criticism of him that is misleading?
- dustintrex 5y agoCheck out the vitriol in Chinese state media like Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1197187.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1197187.shtml