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U.S. @CBP issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on cotton products produced by the XPCC (aka the #Bingtuan).
But what is the #Bingtuan, exactly?
But what is the #Bingtuan, exactly?
The #Bingtuan is sometimes referred to as "a state within a state" given its size and reach into the lives of Uyghurs.
It exercises tremendous power throughout the Uyghur Region.
It exercises tremendous power throughout the Uyghur Region.
The #Bingtuan plays a major role in China's colonial practices in East Turkistan.
It literally builds cities to absorb Han Chinese migrants in an effort to dilute & assimilate the Uyghur population.
It literally builds cities to absorb Han Chinese migrants in an effort to dilute & assimilate the Uyghur population.
The #Bingtuan commits brutal rights abuses against Uyghurs.
It builds internment camps and prisons, oversees draconian surveillance, involuntary population transfers, and forced labor.
It builds internment camps and prisons, oversees draconian surveillance, involuntary population transfers, and forced labor.
The #Bingtuan is the single largest producer of cotton in East Turkistan (37%) and reaps considerable benefits from forced labor.
Any global company doing business with the #Bingtuan is complicit in forced labor and other abuses.
Any global company doing business with the #Bingtuan is complicit in forced labor and other abuses.
The #Bingtuan operates a multibillion-dollar state-owned business, making up 20% of the regional economy.
Over 850,000 companies in 147 countries are part of the #Bingtuan's international business operations.
Over 850,000 companies in 147 countries are part of the #Bingtuan's international business operations.
To read in more depth about the #Bingtuan, read the 2018
@UyghurProject report, "The Bingtuan: China’s Paramilitary Colonizing Force in East Turkestan." https://uhrp.org/press-release/uhrp-releases-new-report-%E2%80%98-bingtuan-china%E2%80%99s-paramilitary-colonizing-force-east
@UyghurProject report, "The Bingtuan: China’s Paramilitary Colonizing Force in East Turkestan." https://uhrp.org/press-release/uhrp-releases-new-report-%E2%80%98-bingtuan-china%E2%80%99s-paramilitary-colonizing-force-east
