{"id":12217,"date":"2021-06-17T14:29:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=12217"},"modified":"2021-06-17T14:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:29:55","slug":"chinese-researchers-say-xinjiang-forced-labour-claims-cant-be-true-because-of-increased-mechanisation-and-earning-potential-from-picking-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=12217","title":{"rendered":"Chinese researchers say Xinjiang forced labour claims can\u2019t be true because of increased mechanisation and earning potential from picking cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers have published a new paper rejecting accusations of forced labour in Xinjiang\u2019s cotton industry, citing increased mechanisation and high earnings.A paper published in December by German researcher Adrian Zenz analysed Chinese government data and documentation and concluded that Xinjiang\u2019s cotton-picking industry was heavily reliant on the forced labour of Uygurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic group that makes up roughly half of the region\u2019s population.Researchers from the Southwest\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3137738\/chinese-researchers-say-xinjiang-forced-labour-claims-cant-be?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers have published a new paper rejecting accusations of forced labour in Xinjiang\u2019s cotton industry, citing increased mechanisation and high earnings.A paper published&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}