How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in China

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our hair,” she says. “We have to represent our crown and be confident with wearing it.” The 29-year-old stylist, who owns Mikki Styles Salon, is braiding in synthetic hair … Read more

WSJ News Exclusive | Auditors to Stop Inspecting Factories in China’s Xinjiang Despite Forced-Labor Concerns

WSJ News Exclusive | Auditors to Stop Inspecting Factories in China’s Xinjiang Despite Forced-Labor Concerns

HONG KONG—At least five organizations say they won’t help companies audit their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang region, where human-rights activists say a police-state atmosphere and government controls make it too difficult to determine whether factories and farms are relying on forced labor. China’s increasingly repressive tactics in the northwestern region, where large numbers of … Read more

Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China’s Controversial Labor Program

Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China’s Controversial Labor Program

If you are one of the millions of people around the world wearing a face mask because of the coronavirus pandemic, this footage may concern you. It shows a group of Uighurs arriving at a textile company that started producing masks in response to the pandemic. The Uighurs are a long-persecuted, largely Muslim ethnic minority. … Read more