Xinjiang migrants debunk ‘forced labor’ claims

All Xinjiang workers they interviewed have made their own choices to work away from home

fabricated by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and groundlessly hyped up by some Western media outlets and politicians.

Lie No. 1: The ASPI report claimed that the Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uygur and other ethnic minority citizens from Xinjiang to factories across the country.

Fact check: According to the report by the Xinjiang scholars, all Xinjiang workers they interviewed have made their own choices to work away from home.

Lie No. 2: Xinjiang workers are subject to constant surveillance and have little freedom of movement.

Fact check: According to the research article by the Xinjiang scholars, the Xinjiang workers sometimes go to halal restaurants and barbecue shops near their factories after finishing work.

CHEN NING/XINHUA NILUFER Gheyret (right, front) talks with a Xinjiang migrant worker of the Kyrgyz ethnic group at a workshop in south China’s Guangdong Province.