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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by missosoup on Sunday March 01, 2020 @04:30PM (#22459506)
Child labor is a tricky one because it's actually viewed as a positive in poor countries. The alternative isn't 'no child labor', it's other types of child exploitation like prostitution.

I don't have a reference but there was a follow up report in a poor region where commercial child labor was abolished, and the outcomes weren't great.

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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by imtringued on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:42AM (#22464787)
Child labor is often a net negative because children can't go to school. If employers had to ensure the children go to school then I could see how it could be a net benefit during the transition period.
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