China’s ‘Tainted’ Cotton

bbc.co.uk

45 points·grej··8 comments

According to the overwhelming majority of comments on this article over at Reddit, the source of this seems to be dubious and sourced information is circular around this guy Adrian Zenz.

Is this article bullshit, are the Reddit comments bullshit, is there a middle ground?

https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/kd8dah/chinese_g...

They call it forced labor, why not use the word: slavery

If I'm broke and there's only one job in town, is that slavery?

If someone removes you from your home and puts you in a town where there's only one job in town, and will not allow you to leave that town, and not allow you to start your own business, that is pretty much slavery.

Excellent point! I'll bet that city has record low unemployment.

> Whatever the salary level, paid labour can still be considered forced labour under the relevant international convention.

That seems to be a dubious definition at best. Hope someone can clarify on this.

Like Britain's tainted Indian cotton, and Caribbean sugar, and African diamonds, and Kenyan coffee, and Irish wheat, and Malayan rubber, etc, etc, etc.

No country is saintly. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." applies to Britain's BBC as well as many other countries' media.

This is an interesting way to justify slavery. It's not happening until a news organization originating in a 'saintly' country writes an article about it.

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