Mrs Van Hoof, President of the Foreign Relations Committee of Belgian Chamber of
Representatives, issued a statement on November 16, 2023, concerning the one
million Tibetan children forcibly placed in Chinese state-run boarding schools
and separated from their families and homes. The President also calls on the
Chinese government to put an end the state-run boarding schools for Tibetan
children, which aims to eradicate Tibetan language, culture, religion and
identity. The statement wrote, “The forced assimilation of nearly one million
Tibetan children in Chinese state-run boarding schools, separated from their
families, is a violation of international human rights. The United Nations has
confirmed this figure. The boarding schools are just the latest act perpetrated
by Beijing on Tibetans with the aim to eradicate Tibetan language, culture,
religion and identity. These policies are not acceptable.” “Unfortunately, the
issue is getting too little attention in Europe. Action is needed in order to
prevent a whole generation of Tibetan children to be lost inside the Chinese
system. Tibetans remains subjected to a highly sophisticated surveillance and
monitoring system, even collecting their DNA including from children without
proper consent from their parents evidenced by reports from Citizen’s lab, Human
Rights Watch etc,” President Van Hoof said. “I, therefore, condemn this action
in the strongest possible terms and call on the PRC authorities to end the
coercion of Tibetan children into state-run boarding schools, to cease
repressive assimilation policies and to comply with the PRC’s obligations under
international law,” the President of the Foreign Relations Committee of Belgian
Chamber of Representatives said.
One more reason to avoid and prevent chinese influence worldwide.
And another reason for me not to buy chinese stuff. Which is not always so easy, considering how incredibly much is “Made in China”, either in parts or as a whole.
I know it’s almost useless, and a bad joke in comparison of trading volume, but at least I can tell myself that I don’t fund an inhumane government.
(Instead I fund other companies which are suboptimal in terms of some ethical aspects, because capitalism in its current form sucks and there isn’t much choice.)
Research the company and try to find out how and where they produce. Sometimes the info is publicly available. A lot of times it is not easy to find out and may be even impossible. If you got the time you can approach the company and just ask them. It may happen that they don’t know it either (which I find disturbing), but at least that signals that there is an interest in such transparency from the consumers.
One more reason to avoid and prevent chinese influence worldwide.
And another reason for me not to buy chinese stuff. Which is not always so easy, considering how incredibly much is “Made in China”, either in parts or as a whole.
I know it’s almost useless, and a bad joke in comparison of trading volume, but at least I can tell myself that I don’t fund an inhumane government.
(Instead I fund other companies which are suboptimal in terms of some ethical aspects, because capitalism in its current form sucks and there isn’t much choice.)
How do you find something that is is not actually made in china? As in, the parts and its making are done elsewhere
Research the company and try to find out how and where they produce. Sometimes the info is publicly available. A lot of times it is not easy to find out and may be even impossible. If you got the time you can approach the company and just ask them. It may happen that they don’t know it either (which I find disturbing), but at least that signals that there is an interest in such transparency from the consumers.