“Volkswagen is currently in talks with the non-controlled joint venture SAIC-Volkswagen about the future direction of business activities in Xinjiang province. Different scenarios are being considered intensively,” a spokesperson said when asked about the report.

Rights groups have documented abuses in Xinjiang, including the ethnic minority Uyghur population being subjected to forced labour in detention camps. Beijing denies any such abuses.

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    9 months ago

    Fair, but it also shouldn’t be on users to research the construction firms used for tracks automakers have a financial stake in.

    We’ll get nowhere if the onus is on end users to be omniscient of all companies’ actions.

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      9 months ago

      Oh absolutely agree. I think we should try and be ethical consumers (if there is such a thing.) But the only way to change things is to vote for people who will punish cuntish behaviour