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Great technology, but built by ~~slave~~ forced labour.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/brazil-labour-authorities-suspend-byd-factory-construction-after-finding-labour-violations-among-chinese-jinjiang-construction-workers-incl-co-comments/
Now do iPhones built in factories with suicide nets.
Yes, absolutely also that. One does not excuse the other.
Not slaves. Perhaps serfs?
I'd like to read some sources on current day China using slave labor to build these cars, otherwise you sound like another racist.
Brazil sues China carmaker BYD over 'slave-like' conditions
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v5n7w55kpo
But I was looking for Hungary.
EV giant BYD accused of forced labour violations at European factory
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
I appreciate your links to help me be more informed! Thank you!
China does use slave labor in cotton and aluminum production. BYD uses that aluminum, as well as other western brands.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicated-uyghur-forced-labor
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/01/un-experts-alarmed-reports-forced-labour-uyghur-tibetan-and-other-minorities
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, and Tesla use steel and aluminum from China that is made with forced labor. This is a problem for The US car industry because Canada has laws against using it.
😂😂
Updated with a source.
Oh look, another simp that doesn't understand every capitalist country uses propaganda and slave labour, not just the ones you personally don't like.
If you read my post history, you would see that I am not what you are accusing me of.
The internet is full of uneducated, low-class, dogshit takes such as yours, and I hope to never be as ignorant as an idiot like you.