{"id":1149560,"date":"2021-12-24T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149560"},"modified":"2021-12-24T08:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:04:39","slug":"tech-company-intel-apologizes-in-china-after-saying-it-will-not-source-products-from-uyghur-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-company-intel-apologizes-in-china-after-saying-it-will-not-source-products-from-uyghur-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Company Intel Apologizes In China After Saying It Will Not Source Products From Uyghur Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftech-company-intel-apologizes-in-china-after-saying-it-will-not-source-products-from-uyghur-regions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1149560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Technology company Intel informed its suppliers to stop procuring products or labor from Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party is detaining, abusing and oppressing Uyghurs \u2014 then apologized for the move on Chinese social media.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/23\/business\/intel-china-apology-xinjiang-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN Business<\/a> recorded, Intel said in a recent letter to suppliers that it \u201cis required to ensure our supply chain does not use any labor or source goods or services from the Xinjiang region.\u201d The outlet noted that the message provoked intense backlash in China (formatting adjusted):<\/p>\n<p>People\u2019s Daily, the Communist Party\u2019s official newspaper, called the statement \u201cabsurd\u201d, adding that Intel is \u201cbiting the hand that feeds it.\u201d&nbsp;Chinese pop star Wang Junkai, the brand ambassador for Intel Core, announced Wednesday that he had cut all ties with Intel over its statement, saying \u201cnational interests are above all else.\u201d&nbsp;On Thursday, Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for China\u2019s foreign ministry, said that \u201cclaims related to Xinjiang, such as forced labor\u201d are \u201clies by US\u2019s anti-China forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chipmaker therefore walked back its language among Chinese consumers and business partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough our original intention was to ensure compliance with US laws, this letter has caused many questions and concerns among our cherished Chinese partners, which we deeply regret,\u201d Intel said in a statement on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/23\/bill-signed-h-r-6256\/\">signed<\/a> the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the law will ban imports from Xinjiang and impose sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for forced labor in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message to Beijing and any international company that profits from forced labor in Xinjiang is clear: no more,\u201d Sen. Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-passes-uyghur-forced-labor-prevention-act\">commented<\/a> in a press release earlier this year. \u201cWe will not turn a blind eye to the CCP\u2019s ongoing crimes against humanity, and we will not allow corporations a free pass to profit from those horrific abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are being forced into labor, tortured, imprisoned, forcibly sterilized, and pressured to abandon their religious and cultural practices by the Chinese government,\u201d Sen. Merkley added. \u201cNo American corporation should profit from these abuses. No American consumers should be inadvertently purchasing products from slave labor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, Amnesty International released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-report-shows-chinas-torture-abuses-against-muslim-minorities-draconian-crimes-against-humanity\">report<\/a> with new accounts detailing the abuse of Muslims in Xinjiang, calling the actions \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d One woman \u2014 who was placed in an internment camp for having WhatsApp on her phone \u2014 told the group:<\/p>\n[Every day] you get up at 5am and have to make your bed, and it had to be perfect. Then there was a flag-raising ceremony and an \u201coath-taking.\u201d Then you went to the canteen for breakfast. Then to the classroom. Then lunch. Then to the classroom. Then dinner. Then another class. Then bed. Every night two people had to be \u201con duty\u201d [monitoring the other cellmates] for two hours\u2026 There was not a minute left for yourself. You are exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Inmates were continually watched and had no space to themselves. \u201cThere was insufficient food, water, exercise, healthcare, sanitary and hygienic conditions, fresh air, and exposure to natural light,\u201d the report explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology company Intel informed its suppliers to stop procuring products or labor from Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party is detaining, abusing and oppressing Uyghurs \u2014 then apologized for the move on Chinese social media. 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