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Xinjiang's cotton workers: coerced or voluntary?

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Xinjiang, May 4 (EFE/EPA).- In a vast cotton field in the Chinese western region of Xinjiang, four farmers look over a tractor sowing seeds that will later be watered by an automated irrigation system. The field is located near Changji city that is situated some 40 kilometers (25 miles) away from Urumchi, the capital of Xinjiang, where forced labor is reportedly used in the cotton harvest.Reports from controversial German researcher Adrian Zenz and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) claim that at least 570,000 people are subjected to forced labor in the fields of Xinjiang, China’s top cotton producer. (Camera: JAVIER GARCÍA / WU HONG).B-ROLL OF THE COTTON FIELDS NEAR THE CITY OF CHANGJI, IN NORTH OF XINJIANG, AND THE MAIN FACTORY OF THE COMPANY HAUFU, IN THE AKSU REGION, SANCTIONED BY US OVER ALLEGING FORCED LABOR.SOUND BITES: HU QINGWEN, FARMER WHO MANAGES THE CHANGJI COTTON FIELD AND ASILIA TURCAN, AN UYGHUR EMPLOYEE OF HUAFU FACTORY.TRANSLATIONS: 1. HU QINGWEN, FARMER WHO MANAGES THE CHANGJI COTTON FIELD.- There are four cotton factories in this prefecture. I sell my cotton to those factories. I sell my cotton to whoever offers me the best price. They usually pay around 7 yaun ($1.08) per kilogram.2. ASILIA TURCAN, AN UYGHUR EMPLOYEE OF HUAFU FACTORY.- I like working here. The conditions are very good.- The information about forced labor is nonsense. It is fake news. There is no such thing as forced labor here.

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