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State department says Chinese solar panels are products of genocide, forced labor


Department of State claims that solar panel makers in the Chinese region of Xinjiang employ victims of genocide and forced labor. Last January, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression of the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group native to Xinjiang, “genocide.”
He noted that a million Uyghurs had been forced into concentration camps or forced to work in factories, including ones that make solar panels – one of the biggest industries in the region. 
Bloomberg also reported that companies such as Xinte Energy, East Hope Group and GCL-Poly Energy had been linked to a state-run employment program that “at times amount to forced labor.” ....

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Xi Attends White House Climate Summit Where Coal Is On The Menu - China Digital Times (CDT)


Xi Attends White House Climate Summit Where Coal Is On The Menu
Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Apr 23, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually attended a White House climate summit, fueling hopes that Joe Biden’s policy of “extreme competition” will propel both countries to combat the climate crisis. Before the summit, Biden climate envoy John Kerry travelled to China. “We talked a lot about coal,” Kerry told the press. At The New York Times, Somini Sengupta wrote about
Coal is the lightning rod of climate diplomacy this year, as countries scramble to rebuild their economies after the coronavirus pandemic while at the same time, stave off the risks of a warming planet. The Biden administration has leaned on its allies Japan and Korea to stop financing coal use abroad. And it has repeatedly called out China for its soaring coal use. China is by far the largest consumer of coal, and is still building coal-fired power plants at home and abroad. ....

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China's Solar Dominance Presents Biden With an Ugly Dilemma


China’s Solar Dominance Presents Biden With an Ugly Dilemma
President Biden’s vow to work with China on issues like climate change is clashing with his promise to defend human rights.
A solar farm in Oregon. China dominates the global supply chain for solar power, producing the vast majority of the materials and parts for solar panels that the United States relies on for clean energy.Credit.Leah Nash for The New York Times
April 20, 2021Updated 2:12 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — President Biden has repeatedly pledged to work with China on issues like climate change while challenging Beijing on human rights and unfair trade practices. ....

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