Summary

Brazilian labor authorities have accused Chinese EV producer BYD and its contractor, Jinjiang Group, of human trafficking and “slavery-like conditions” for 163 Chinese workers at a factory construction site in Bahia.

Workers reportedly faced degrading living conditions and excessive hours.

BYD and Jinjiang have agreed to house workers in hotels until contracts are resolved.

The case has sparked scrutiny in both Brazil and China, with potential impacts on China-Brazil relations and BYD’s global expansion.

BYD denies wrongdoing, blaming misunderstandings and “foreign forces” for tarnishing its image.

  • mercphilby
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    17 hours ago

    “Foreign forces” lmfao. I keep saying those ML twats sound a lot like paid actors. ;)

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      16 hours ago

      BYD is a multinational, multi billion dollar, for-profit, publicly traded corporation. If they’re Marxist-Leninist, then I guess so is Apple and Tesla.

    • xep@fedia.io
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      17 hours ago

      It’s terminology that the CCP prefers, I imagine they use the same word everywhere.