Beyond the Camps: Beijing's Grand Scheme of Forced Labor, Poverty Alleviation and Social Control in Xinjiang

Zenz, Adrian

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“…To analyze this question, we focus on the situation in China's Xinjiang province from 2010 to 2019. The repression of the Uyghur minority in China's West has sparked a fierce debate in the human rights discourse (Thum 2018;Zenz 2019), raising the question of how companies and governments should position themselves in light of such events and whether companies should evade economic cooperation with repressive regimes (Delacote 2009;Grauvogel and von Soest 2014). Some observers have even called for a divestment campaign of international enterprises.…”

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The Xinjiang Case and Its Implications from a Business Ethics Perspective

Kriebitz

Max

2020

Hum Rights Rev

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The discourse on economic integration with authoritarian regimes has evolved as a key topic throughout the different disciplines of social sciences. Are sanctions and boycotts effective methods to incentivize human rights improvements? To analyze this question, we focus on the situation in China’s Xinjiang province from 2010 to 2019. In this paper, we discuss the relevance of human rights as an ethical norm within business ethics and international law. We evaluate the ongoing processes in Xinjiang from this perspective and scrutinize the interests of major players in the region, including the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang’s local government, and enterprises involved in the region. Following this, we discuss which economic measures will improve the human rights situation and how these measures contribute to an improvement of the situation.

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The Xinjiang Case and Its Implications from a Business Ethics Perspective

Kriebitz

Max

2020

Hum Rights Rev

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“…Since XUAR's population is perceived to live below the poverty line, the presence of camps is benefited when detainees are trained and employed to be apart in industrial production. Although that might be the case, Adrian Zenz argues that there are five goals aimed through the detainment of Uyghurs in political camps, among them is to (1) promote economic growth, (2) higher incomes from wage labor and (3) prosper the region as the core of global BRI influence (Zenz, 2019a).…”

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De-extremization Effort through Political Re-education Camps In China

Nagib¹,

Anam²

2021

NSJIS

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The rise of Islamic extremism has prompted global Islamophobia and general hatred for Muslims, which is felt towards both the religion itself and ethno-religious groups such as the one present in China. The spread and acts of Islamic extremism in China might surprise the global community but the concerning level of threat on the issue affected domestic security policies. In explaining the case study, the qualitative research uses a combination of descriptive and explanatory approaches while simultaneously merging the three constructivist theory approaches from notable scholars such as Alexander Wendt, Martha Finnemore and Peter Katzenstein. The research concludes that while there may be variations of methods to combat Islamic extremism, the implementation of political re-education camp for the Uyghurs seems to be the best and most effective method in both de-extremizing the minority group from potential Islamic extremist ideology and enforcing the Chinese government’s interests. Justifications of the choice include the constructivist aspects of the international norms, repetition of historical and existing trajectories as well as the successful rate of cleansing troubled and infected people from negative ideologies based on the Chinese societal norms.

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“…However, the system of education centers is reported to be a 'curtain' for a network of prison-labor camps aimed at the injection of Han values and the detainment of Muslim minorities (Smith, 2018). The media have reported that minorities are being detained with no official charges in the camps for reported crimes varying from travelling abroad to the installation of Western apps on their phones whilst being forced to Study Chinese law and work on low-skilled production lines (Smith, 2018;Zenz, 2019a). Zenz suggests that there could be more than 1,200 such camps across China.…”

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“…Moreover, this issue gained wider coverage in 2019 as large international enterprises started to cancel their contracts with Chinese firms. For instance, Badger, an American supplier of campus clothing, cancelled its contracts with Hetian Taida, a XUAR-based firm specializing in the production of clothing materials, and which allegedly used forced labor from education camps (Zenz, 2019a;2019b).…”

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Migration Processes in Kazakhstan in the Context of the Formation of the Silk Road Economic Belt

Amrin

Kaliyeva

Alzhanova

2020

JPSS

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This article deals with the development of migration processes and problems of cooperation between Kazakhstan and China in labor migration in the context of the formation of the Silk Road EconomicBelt. The methodology used in this research includes a literature review and statistical research, which allowed for a study of the dynamics of international migration within and between the states studied. The research focuses extensively on data provided by governmental institutions and international organizations in order to establish a coherent and relevant theoretical framework. The factors concerning and features of population migration and labor migration in Kazakhstan are considered. Negative trends associated with deterioration in the quality and structure of external migration in Kazakhstan, which determine the need to regulate migration flows and attract qualified personnel, are highlighted. The creation of a platform for the exchange of views on the current state and prospects of cooperation in labor migration on the basis of the Kazakhstan-China Business Council and the SCO Business Council is identified as a priority for collaboration between Kazakhstan and China in the field of labor migration. A justification is also made for a mechanism for allocating the obligations of Kazakhstan and China as quotas and obtaining permits to attract foreign labor.

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Beyond the Camps: Beijing's Grand Scheme of Forced Labor, Poverty Alleviation and Social Control in Xinjiang

Cited by 23 publications

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The Xinjiang Case and Its Implications from a Business Ethics Perspective

The Xinjiang Case and Its Implications from a Business Ethics Perspective

De-extremization Effort through Political Re-education Camps In China

Migration Processes in Kazakhstan in the Context of the Formation of the Silk Road Economic Belt

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