Today, Laogai Research Foundation released its latest report: "Not for Sale: Advertising Forced Labor Products for Illegal Export." This current report expands on LRF’s previous works, Laogai Handbook: 2007-2008 and “Laogai Forced Labor Camps Listed in Dun & Bradstreet Databases." Our Laogai Handbook lists all known Laogai camps in China and the “Laogai Forced Labor Camps Listed in Dun & Bradstreet Databases” report details 314 entries for Laogai enterprises in the international business database Dun and Bradstreet. Our key findings in this current report include:
• Over 100 Laogai enterprises are advertising or are listed in English on the Internet, suggesting the intent to export Laogai products to international markets, including the U.S.
• In many cases, Laogai enterprises are actively requesting to be listed on international trade sites
• Several of the listing sites translate enterprise entries into multiple European languages
• The Chinese government actively promotes the trade of Laogai products, illegal under Chinese export regulations, through listings on China Commodity Net, a Chinese government sponsored website
(Click the report cover on the right to download the whole report (PDF))
Read the latest on the report launch from Deutsche Presse Agentur: "China is still marketing for export products made by forced labour in prisons, nearly 20 years after such exports were first exposed, the US-based Laogai Research Foundation said on Thursday. A survey by the foundation found 120 English-language online advertisements marketing enterprises with known connections to China's penal system."(Read more)
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In fact I really wonder why
In fact I really wonder why nobody is taking any action against china for such illegal dealings. Right from the beginning we were hearing stories regarding their policy of forced labor Workholding . I read in a newspaper sometime ago that people are forced to work for more than 12 hours at a stretch. The wages are really poor. I seriously feel that those companies who indulge in forced labor should be banned. Those companies should be made public and people should refrain from buying their products.
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Hi, Thanks for your interest in our report "Not for Sale: Advertising Forced Labor Products for Illegal Export." Unfortunately, we do not offer this report in Chinese. However, if you have specific questions or would like to talk about this report in Chinese, please feel free to contact us at: Email: laogai@laogai.org, Phone: (202) 408-8300/8301.
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Hi, I wonder do you have this article in Chinese?
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