A Canadian lawmaker’s comments on Xinjiang has put a spotlight on the country’s shaky commitment to banning forced labor imports.
Workers process red dates at a wholesale market in Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, November 8, 2020. Credit: Xinhua via Getty Images
Doubts about Canada’s approach to countering forced labor in Xinjiang are rising after a controversy that erupted this week when a prominent lawmaker in the governing Liberal Party appeared to question the existence of such abuses.
Michael Ma attracted heavy criticism on Thursday after he questioned Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a former Canadian diplomat and prominent China watcher, about whether she had first-hand evidence of exploitation of the Uyghur population in western China, during a p
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From Mike Mansfield to Max Baucus and Steve Daines, Montana has been the unlikely source of America’s most influential China-hand senators over the past half-century. But amidst spy balloons, trade wars and mutual paranoia, being a proponent for rational and beneficial relations between the two countries has never been harder.
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