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Watch this video: https://nyti.ms/2SGCN95 (Rare footage inside the concentration camps)

Watch this video: https://nyti.ms/2SGCN95 (Rare footage inside the concentration camps) Inside China’s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers The Communist Party wants to remold Xinjiang’s minorities into loyal blue-collar workers to supply Chinese factories with cheap labor. KASHGAR, China — The order from Chinese officials was blunt and urgent. Villagers from Muslim minorities should be pushed into jobs, willing or not. Quotas would be set and families penalized if they refused to go along. “Make people who are hard to employ renounce their selfish ideas,” the labor bureau of Qapqal, a county in the western region of Xinjiang, said in the directive last year. Such orders are part of an aggressive campaign to remold Xinjiang’s Muslim minorities — mostly Uighurs and Kazakhs — into an army of workers for factories and other big employers. Under pressure from the authorities, poor farmers, small traders and idle villagers of working age attend training and indoctrination courses for weeks or months, and are then assigned to stitch clothes, make shoes, sweep streets or fill other jobs. These labor programs represent an expanding front in a major effort by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to entrench control over this region, where these minorities make up about half the population. They are crucial to the government’s strategy of social re-engineering alongside the indoctrination camps, which have held one million or more Uighurs and Kazakhs. The labor bureau of Qapqal ordered that villagers should undergo military-style training to convert them into obedient workers, loyal to employers and the ruling Communist Party. “Turn around their ingrained lazy, lax, slow, sloppy, freewheeling, individualistic ways so they obey company rules,” the directive said. The government maintains that the Uighur and Kazakh villagers are “rural surplus labor” and are an underemployed population that threatens social stability. Putting them in steady, supervised government-approved work, officials say, will erase poverty and slow the spread of religious extremism and ethnic violence. The government describes the laborers as volunteers, though critics say they are clearly coerced. Official documents, interviews with experts, and visits by The New York Times to Xinjiang indicate that local plans uproot villagers, restrict their movements and pressure them to stay at jobs. Experts say those harsh methods can amount to forced labor, potentially tainting the global supply chain that uses Xinjiang workers, particularly for cotton goods. The Japanese retailers Muji and Uniqlo say they have used cotton from the region, while Walmart has bought goods from a company that until recently used workers from Xinjiang. Given the tight control on Xinjiang, “we have to assume for the moment that there’s a very significant risk of coercion,” said Amy K. Lehr, director of the human rights initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the co-author of a study on Xinjiang’s labor programs. Forced labor could arise “even if the coercion was implicit or the programs offered workers a decent income,” she added. The labor programs operate in parallel with the indoctrination camps in Xinjiang, that have drawn condemnation from Western governments. Camp inmates also receive job training, and officials say that many will be sent to work in factories. Taken collectively, the policies are designed to make the region’s Muslim minorities more secular and urbanized like China’s Han majority. Many Chinese people see that as laudable. Uighur critics see it as ethnic subjugation. “What they are trying to do is assimilate the Uighur people,” said Mustafa Aksu, a program coordinator at the Uyghur Human Rights Project. Construction trucks in August at an industrial development zone under construction near internment camps in Hotan, in the western region of Xinjiang. Credit: Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times.. ‘Foster a sense of discipline’ The factory run by the Jinfujie Clothing Company on the sandy edge of Kashgar, a city in southern Xinjiang, has been a star in the government’s labor campaign. Jinfujie, which calls itself Golden Future in English, trained and employed 2,300 workers from villages. It also opened a branch factory in an indoctrination camp, where it would put to work more than 500 inmates, a company executive told officials last year. The executive, Sun Yijie, a former soldier, said the company ran a tight ship to turn villagers into workers. “Beginning with military drills before they start their jobs, we foster a sense of discipline,” he said. Video footage posted online shows Jinfujie workers in gray-and-orange uniforms lined up for a pep rally. “A successful future,” they shouted in unison. The company has said it won an order from Germany to make hundreds of thousands of ski pants. Jinfujie would not answer questions about the claimed order. During a recent visit, Times reporters were barred by guards from visiting the Jinfujie factory or the surrounding industrial zone. Dozens of factory zones have emerged across Xinjiang, attesting to the government’s ambitions to remake the region. Mr. Xi, China’s leader, has vowed to end poverty nationwide by late 2020, and Xinjiang officials face intense pressure to create jobs. “The offensive to eradicate poverty has reached the crucial stage in a decisive battle,” Chen Quanguo, the Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, said early this month on a tour of southern Xinjiang. “Transmit the pressure down, level by level.” The labor programs depend on luring companies from China’s wealthier eastern seaboard, where fewer young people want to work on production lines. Xinjiang has offered manufacturers inexpensive labor, as well as generous tax breaks and subsidies. “They’re still not as fast as workers from other parts of China,” said He Tan, a businessman who owns a small factory on the outskirts of Hotan, a city in Xinjiang. The government’s goals are sweeping. One plan issued in 2018 called for putting to work 100,000 people from the poorest parts of southern Xinjiang, a heavily Uighur area, by the end of 2020. The government recently said that target was met a year ahead of schedule. By late 2023, another plan says, Xinjiang wants one million working in its textile and garment industries, up from about 100,000 in 2017. At Mr. He’s factory, dozens of Uighur women from nearby villages sat wordlessly in rows sewing school uniforms. Guzalnur Mamatjan, a 20-year-old Uighur, said she made about $200 a month. “I’d like to work here for two or three years and then open my own clothes shop,” she said in a brief interview in the presence of officials. A scene from undated video footage showing Muslim trainees at a garment factory at the Hotan Vocational Education and Training Center.Credit: CCTV, via Associated Press ‘A great deal of pressure’ Jutting out against desert dunes, the new industrial zones in Xinjiang are often surrounded by high walls, barbed wire and security cameras. Some are built near indoctrination camps and employ former inmates. Xinjiang’s drive to put minorities in jobs often feels less like a jobs fair and more like a military call-up. Trainee laborers often first attend political courses similar to those used in the indoctrination camps. They practice military drills, learn patriotic Chinese songs, and listen to lectures warning against Islamic zeal and preaching gratitude to the Communist Party. New laborers are sometimes shown in Chinese media reports wearing military-type uniforms and standing to attention as they are escorted to their employers. Many are separated from their families. A directive from the Qapqal government ordered children of working couples to be put in care — home villages for the young, boarding schools for older ones — so their parents could move for work. Workers’ movements are highly controlled if they are far from home. In Yanqi County in the region’s north, workers sent from the south are not allowed to quit unless they get written permission from several officials, according to rules by the local government. Labor recruits undergo “political vetting” to determine if they are a security risk. In Qapqal County, officials imposed rules to grade potential recruits from most to least trustworthy. The least trustworthy had to attend indoctrination classes in the evenings, while only the most trusted could leave the county for work. “There is a great deal of pressure placed on individuals to sign work contracts,” said Darren Byler, an expert on Xinjiang at the University of Colorado Boulder. Mr. Byler said many residents believed that resisting work transfers could prompt detention. “The threat of the camps hangs over everyone’s heads, so there is really no resistance to assigned factory work,” he said. Chinese official media reports that workers make $400 and up a month, a decent income. The reality may differ, especially in smaller, struggling factories. In a township in southern Xinjiang, two thirds of 43 factory employees whose wages were included in online records earned $114 a month, according to Adrian Zenz, an expert on Xinjiang who has studied the labor programs. Amanzhol Qisa, a 31-year-old Xinjiang resident, spent a year in an indoctrination camp and in April was sent to work at a clothing factory for three months. She was paid $115 a month, less than half the minimum wage, according to her husband, Muhamet Qyzyrbek. Mr. Qyzyrbek, a Kazakh citizen, said by phone from Shymkent, a city in southern Kazakhstan, that his wife had no choice but to take the job. “After being released, you need to work according to their policies,” he said. The entrance to an apparel employment training center in Hotan last year. Companies that use the training center have been linked to accusations of employing forced labor. Credit: Ng Han Guan/Associated Press Ethical risks Starting in late summer, villagers in Xinjiang file onto buses taking them to cotton farms, sometimes hundreds of miles away. For a few intense weeks under the sun, they hunch over in fields, picking the crop that ends up in Chinese clothing factories. Teams of Communist Party officials in villages hold “mobilization meetings,” pressing farmers to sign up. The pay is good, they say. “Head out boldly and bring back the cash,” a village official in Dol Township in southern Xinjiang told dozens of farmers, according a local government report last year. The village officials urged team leaders to take special care of three villagers in their 60s who had signed up to pick cotton, the report said. Xinjiang grows 85 percent of China’s cotton, by official estimates, and is pushing to make more textiles and garments. And nearly every link in the supply chain intersects with the government’s labor programs. Large Chinese textile makers, such as Huafu Fashion Company, based in eastern China, have promoted their role in employing minorities from the countryside, while denying that any were forced to take the work. Some global companies have advertised high-quality Xinjiang cotton as a selling point. The Japanese retailer Muji describes that its flannel uses “hand harvested” cotton from the region. The international concern over human rights in Xinjiang is putting pressure on global retailers to vet their suppliers. The United States recently banned clothing from Hetian Taida, a company in Xinjiang suspected of using workers from an indoctrination camp. The parent company of the Japanese retailer Uniqlo said the brand stopped working with production partners in Xinjiang. Muji of Japan did not respond to emails requesting comment. In August, its parent company, Ryohin Keikaku, said it was committed to banning forced labor, including among its business partners. Until recently, Qapqal County had sent a total of over 440 workers to east China to work for a factory that makes inflatable paddle pools and beds for export to the United States and other countries. The factory is owned by the Bestway Leisure Products Company, which has sold such products to Walmart, Kmart and other retailers, according to export records. Pat Fumagalli, a chief strategic officer for Bestway who is based in the United States, said the company ended the program to take workers from Xinjiang in October, after managers in the United States noted reports about the region’s labor programs. Marilee McInnis, a spokeswoman for Walmart, said in email: “Responsible recruitment and voluntary labor are two very important issues for Walmart.” Transform Holdco, the parent company of Kmart, declined to comment. After The Times made inquiries, inspectors acting for Walmart visited the factory. The inspectors from the ICTI Ethical Toy Program examined records and spoke to managers. They found no disparity between the pay and conditions of workers from Xinjiang and other places, said Mark Robertson, a senior vice president for the inspection program. “We did not have the opportunity to interview workers from Xinjiang as none were working at the factory when we conducted our visit,” he said. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/world/asia/china-xinjiang-muslims-labor.html

I'm not a rich a person, so I go for a more cheap and affordable clothing but they also have quality and last for long. Please dont ever buy stuff from Forever 21. They suck and that's why they've declared bankruptcy. Also, don't always buy things that are on sale. They are on sale for a reason. But some times if you try hard enough to find for good stuff, you can find a bargain through sales. Really good quality trendy stuff but also affordable. I shop at: H&M is pretty good if you know how to pick. Look at the materials, quality and stitches. Uniqlo is one of the best quality-wise, yet affordable. Not as cheap and trendy as H&M or F21 but I really love the quality, materials of the clothing the sell, and the functionality of some like the Heattech, AIRism, Anti-wrinkle, etc. They have great selection of winter clothing and jackets as well. Sometimes, I buy my stuff from GAP, JC Penney, Target, etc. as well. If I wanna go for a more luxurious look and feel, I shop at ZARA. Try to find deals and have great sale. They look expensive, and the quality is good. More affordable than high-end brands. Most of these I got I have lasted me 6+ years. I could never afford or at least I would never buy from high-end fashion brands except for handbags. The way I was raised up and taught, I'm not encourage to splurge. EDIT- Welp, now I don't think I could shop at Uniqlo anymore. Actually, most fast-fashion are like this including H&M. If you're also concern about ethical/non-ethical, you might wanna consider this.

I remember watching this variety show where someone roasted him and spill the tea that he has many gg idols phone numbers and he saved them as nickname like kitten, bunny, foxy, hamster, etc. lol He's such a gg whore.

Does Twice have many fanboys that are wota-like? I'm always under the impression that Twice male fans in Japan aren't like those wotas that stanned AKB48 and all of those sister groups and always have meltdown when their oshis got caught dating.

One of the best glow ups in kpop

Congrats to them!

Oh, anticipating more bops from this king!

Can't wait to watch this.

I like her so I'm anticipating this

It's a long-running show.

OMG I would so watch that

I remember the same being said about Baekhyun and Taeyeon everywhere when their relationship got exposed by Dispatch. Like they would go " it's just a show, a cover-up, they're actually each other's beards, in denial, etc." These people and their narratives annoy me. They need to get a life. I used to think Heechul was gay and I kept that to myself as my opinion. But now that he's dating Momo, I'd never say it's a cover-up or for a show or insist that Heechul is still GAY. But I don't rule out the possibility that he's still attracted to the same sex. There was a big rumor that he dated Gunhee in the past. So he could still be bi or pan imo.

I feel like "speculating" is fine as long as it doesn't cross any line. You can say what you think about a person or a celeb's orientation but you cannot force your opinions to someone else and especially to that person whom you were speculating about. That's just wrong imo. Especially if that person isn't out yet or doesn't identify as the orientation of speculation. Some people think they know so much about a person's personal life especially sexuality that they can't accept if that person identify as sexual orientation that is different from what they assumed. They need to stop this. Another thing is to "out" a person's sexual orientation when that person never/hasn't come out yet. I can't stand that. We should let that person come out on their own when they're ready and comfortable enough. What if that person is actually straight as a ruler, we should let them be and respect that if that's who they really are and identify as. Alot of celebs in particular are the victims of this because they're constantly in the public eye and everyone looks, knows, and judging every move these celebs do. So alot of people are so privy in these celebs' lives. Even when they're actually "A" sexual orientation, people would insist them of being "B" sexual orientation and then accuse them of being in denial, repressed, delusional, evil, homophobic, etc. It's SO ANNOYING. People need to stop doing this.

He probably saw those hate comments accusing him as a "creep", "pedo" and calling him "old". There's so much irrational hate and baseless accusations thrown at him.

It seems like there's no best solution to this.

"Times Up" --> "Thumbs Up" So blatant

Congrats to her! She's finally free.

When I think of dungeon, I'd always think of Lee Hi. Because that's exactly what YG did a disservice by wasting her potential and keeping her in the dungeon. Glad she left and is free. I hope she has a way better career outside of YG.

OMG so lucky! He's so sweet. I wished a guy confessed to me like that. Especially when that guy is my crush.

7. [+30, -0] Please don't follow NCT's messy system and just debut them... Yeah, this. I hope the girls won't suffer through this type of system. I'm really anticipating this new gg.

She's very pretty

I feel so worried for Nayeon.

Congrats to them I'm just gonna ignore the comments calling him a creep and pedo. imo, it's fine cause they're both consenting adults. Momo is of legal despite the age gap between them. 13 years age gap couple isn't that uncommon and isn't wrong as long as they're both legal age.