Re:The scope of forced labor in Xinjiang is bigger than we knew
by pretendscholar on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:29AM
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Not forever. Their economic growth will end due to demographic, technological, and geopolitical reasons. They are aging rapidly due to one child which makes their labor cost 8 times (inflation adjusted) what it cost in 2000 and most of the countries with any wealth who china would export to are post consumption because they are also rapidly aging. Automation has made it cheaper for many industries to produce goods closer to end markets rather than ship it half way around the world. Geopolitically countries like the us have lost interest in the doctrine of free trade and covid-19 in particular sped this up by exposing the vulnerabilities of long supply chains for critical supplies.
Re:The scope of forced labor in Xinjiang is bigger than we knew
by lqqq on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:35AM
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Not forever but long enough. Note that they are involved in numerous regions economically and politically, placing different debt-traps. The one child policy is also removed. Automation is good, yet it is not as cheap as slavery. I don't see anything like you described will happen anytime soon without major changes of political powers, policies across the globe.
Re:The scope of forced labor in Xinjiang is bigger than we knew
by pretendscholar on Saturday January 09, 2021 @03:10PM
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Debt they can't collect on. Its already over. They may have had a few more years without covid but now its over. Just like with japan in the late 80s people haven't caught up to the situation on the ground yet.
In perspective, millions of Americans are touching the front surface of the work of slaves every day.
I wonder how that percentage compares to ~200 years ago with American clothing being a product of slavery.
The only way you can have pushback against this is with coordinated leadership.
China will forever be able to hammer any nail that speaks alone, because they are so economically powerful now (because of mistaken centralization by the global manufacturing decision makers).