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Summary

Brazilian authorities uncovered "slavery-like" conditions at BYD’s factory construction site in Bahia, rescuing 163 Chinese workers subjected to withheld passports, withheld wages, and unsanitary conditions.

The site, managed by contractor Jinjiang Group, was shut down, and BYD faces scrutiny despite its promises to cooperate.

The case highlights tensions between Chinese investment and local labor standards, sparking debates in Brazil and China over worker rights.

Experts see this as an example for Chinese investors to respect Brazil's independent judiciary while noting it won’t deter future Chinese investments.

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[-] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

So was I ... Simply mentioned the hypocrisy of both groups

You said:

"They need to not do business with brutal, oppressive systems and government like China."

Here you're stating that China is a brutal, oppresive system and government. Saying that "they" (Western nations) need to not do business with "brutal, oppressive systems" implies that the Western nations are not themselves brutal and oppressive.

You also said

"Like it never stopped western nations from trying to benefit from the exploitation either."

and used the word "stopped" which is past tense, meaning that Western nations' benefitting from exploitation of their population is something which happened in the past and is not something which is still happening now.

You also said

"just because the West used brutality and slavery does not justify China doing it now."

and used the word "used" which is past tense and even said "China doing it now", clearly contrasting a (supposedly) past behaviour of the West with a current behaviour of China.

[-] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

No idea why you're getting downvoted until I saw it was lemmy.world This place time and again proves to be where all the western Reddit refugees with all the stupidity but none of the nuance old Reddit had.

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