The Outlaw Ocean Project
We have uncovered evidence that both Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Foods and its subsidiary Qingdao Lian Yang Aquatic, both of which supply Alpha Bay, have been using laborers transferred from Xinjiang under a state-imposed program since at least 2018 right up to the present day.
The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities to forced labor across the country via state-sanctioned employment programs which use coercive methods in worker enrollment and ob…