CHINA’S FORCED LABOUR CAMPS IN EAST TURKISTAN AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS Cover Image

ÇİN’İN DOĞU TÜRKİSTAN’DAKİ ZORLU ÇALIŞTIRMA KAMPLARI VE EKONOMİK ÇIKARLARI
CHINA’S FORCED LABOUR CAMPS IN EAST TURKISTAN AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS

Author(s): Mehmetali Kasım
Subject(s): International Law, Labor relations, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Studies in violence and power, Victimology
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Chinese Communist Regime; East Turkistan; Forced Labor Camps; Sinicization; Economic Profit;

Summary/Abstract: In the past, forcing people to work against their will as slave labor was common in various parts of the world. However, this exploitation is seen as an inhuman practice or crime in today's modern world. Despite being seen as a violation of international law it continues to be implemented in practice by authoritarian regimes in many parts of the world, such as North Korea and China. China, in particular, practices forced labor at a different level. The Chinese government uses forced labor not just for economic or political purposes. At the same time, it uses as a tool for nations with whom holding different religions, cultures, values, and identities assimilate into the dominant Han culture. Although this method is applied in various regions of China, but it has reached its peak in terms of the size of the forced labor camps and the severity of the practice in today's East Turkestan and becoming like a genocide. The Beijing administration violated international law with its collaborators both within the state and abroad. With the common mentality of difference considered is a threat continues its Sinicization policies to build a uniform homogeneous structure.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 103-110
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish