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Great technology, but built by ~~slave~~ forced labour.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/brazil-labour-authorities-suspend-byd-factory-construction-after-finding-labour-violations-among-chinese-jinjiang-construction-workers-incl-co-comments/
I'd like to read some sources on current day China using slave labor to build these cars, otherwise you sound like another racist.
China does use slave labor in cotton and aluminum production. BYD uses that aluminum, as well as other western brands.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/01/china-carmakers-implicated-uyghur-forced-labor
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/01/un-experts-alarmed-reports-forced-labour-uyghur-tibetan-and-other-minorities
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, and Tesla use steel and aluminum from China that is made with forced labor. This is a problem for The US car industry because Canada has laws against using it.
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