The Outlaw Ocean Project
I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and the role China Southern Airlines plays in labor transfers from China’s Xinjiang province to Shandong. Our research shows that China Southern Airlines has been contracted by the state to transfer ethnic minority workers from Xinjiang province to other regions across China, including Shandong province, as early as 2020 and as recently as March 2022. The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government…