Adrian Zenz
@adrianzenz.bsky.social
Director in China Studies, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Research focus: Xinjiang, Tibet, authoritarian repression, re-education internment, ILO, Uyghur / state-imposed forced labor, OSINT. https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/adrian-zenz-phd
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Our original research report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Our original research report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<span>Forced Labor, Coercive Land-Use Transfers, and Forced Assimilation in Xinjiang’s Agricultural Production</span>
<span>This report demonstrates that agricultural products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China, such as tomatoes, peppers, marigolds, and
papers.ssrn.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
FT article link: ft.com/content/deea...
Our original research report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Our original research report: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Over the next few days I will publish a series of posts that will succinctly present the report's key findings.
Report link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Report link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<span>Forced Labor, Coercive Land-Use Transfers, and Forced Assimilation in Xinjiang’s Agricultural Production</span>
<span>This report demonstrates that agricultural products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China, such as tomatoes, peppers, marigolds, and
papers.ssrn.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Over the next few days I will publish a series of posts that will succinctly present the report's key findings.
Report link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Report link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This state-led campaign is dismantling traditional livelihoods and engineered the mass dispossession of ethnic agricultural producers, while implicating a vast network of Chinese agribusinesses and their global supply chains.
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This state-led campaign is dismantling traditional livelihoods and engineered the mass dispossession of ethnic agricultural producers, while implicating a vast network of Chinese agribusinesses and their global supply chains.
1. Coercive transfers of land-use rights: Systematically dispossessing ethnic peasants of their primary means of livelihood.
2. Forced labor programs: Transferring the now-landless "rural surplus laborers" into state-controlled agricultural and industrial employment.
2. Forced labor programs: Transferring the now-landless "rural surplus laborers" into state-controlled agricultural and industrial employment.
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
1. Coercive transfers of land-use rights: Systematically dispossessing ethnic peasants of their primary means of livelihood.
2. Forced labor programs: Transferring the now-landless "rural surplus laborers" into state-controlled agricultural and industrial employment.
2. Forced labor programs: Transferring the now-landless "rural surplus laborers" into state-controlled agricultural and industrial employment.
The findings demonstrate that the production of key global commodities—including tomatoes, peppers, stevia, and marigolds—is deeply intertwined with a range of severe human rights abuses.
The architecture of this coercive system is predicated on two primary state-driven mechanisms:
The architecture of this coercive system is predicated on two primary state-driven mechanisms:
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The findings demonstrate that the production of key global commodities—including tomatoes, peppers, stevia, and marigolds—is deeply intertwined with a range of severe human rights abuses.
The architecture of this coercive system is predicated on two primary state-driven mechanisms:
The architecture of this coercive system is predicated on two primary state-driven mechanisms:
And yet, despite the outcry that followed, despite the condemnations and calls for justice, we have seen very little in the way of concrete action.
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And yet, despite the outcry that followed, despite the condemnations and calls for justice, we have seen very little in the way of concrete action.
They included mugshots of thousands of detainees, the youngest just 15, shows faces frozen in fear and confusion - the human cost of a genocidal campaign hidden behind slogans of “stability” and “progress.”
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They included mugshots of thousands of detainees, the youngest just 15, shows faces frozen in fear and confusion - the human cost of a genocidal campaign hidden behind slogans of “stability” and “progress.”
These files laid bare what many of us Uyghurs already knew in our hearts: that our loved ones had been disappeared into a nightmare system of camps and prisons, governed by shoot-to-kill policies, endless interrogations, and a relentless effort to erase our culture, language, and faith.
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
These files laid bare what many of us Uyghurs already knew in our hearts: that our loved ones had been disappeared into a nightmare system of camps and prisons, governed by shoot-to-kill policies, endless interrogations, and a relentless effort to erase our culture, language, and faith.
The @nytimes.com also published a backgrounder on forced Uyghur labor transfers, citing key public and internal documents that we had analyzed and published:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
How China Uses Work to Reshape Uyghur Identity and Control a Strategic Region
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The @nytimes.com also published a backgrounder on forced Uyghur labor transfers, citing key public and internal documents that we had analyzed and published:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
China’s economy runs on Uyghur forced labour
More than 100 global brands are linked to a scheme that ships Xinjiang ethnic minorities to work in factories thousands of miles away
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
