Forced labor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at an official welcome at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China

By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani And Jill Lawless Jun. 12, 2021 02:00 AM EDT

A car is driven past a billboard showing machines harvesting cotton outside a Huafu Fashion plant, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China's cotton industry, but it's unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China's Xinjiang

By Ken Moritsugu And Dake Kang May. 25, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

H&M swings to loss, affirms commitment to China market

Mar. 31, 2021 07:09 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday reported an expected loss in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the pandemic-hit...

People walk past an H&M clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing, Friday, March 26, 2021. H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiraling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash

By Zen Soo And Joe Mcdonald Mar. 26, 2021 06:41 AM EDT

Youths in an apartment look out of their window as residents below protest on the streets, asking the government to supply them with food and to be allowed to leave, in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, May 11, 2020. A week earlier, the Kenyan government sealed off Eastleigh and the Old Town area of the port city of Mombasa, with no movement permitted in or out for 15 days, due to "a surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases." (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A pandemic atlas: Kenya's youth suffer collateral damage

By Tom Odula Dec. 16, 2020 12:04 AM EST

Vannak Anan Prum, who was double trafficked, points to his illustration of an abusive former boss, a palm oil estate owner, in his graphic novel depicting his life as a slave on a fishing boat before being sold onto a Malaysian palm oil plantation, at his home in Pursat, Cambodia, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks

By Margie Mason And Robin Mcdowell Sep. 24, 2020 12:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2005 file photo, Arlan and Linda Kaufman walk to the federal courthouse in Wichita, Kan., for their trial on several federal charges including servitude. A federal judge has refused to free Arlan Kaufman who once enslaved mentally ill patients in Kansas and forced them to work naked and engage in sexual acts, while billing the government and their families for the therapy. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten cited the "particularly heinous nature" of the abusive treatment of mentally ill patients in a ruling Tuesday, July 21, 2020, to deny the request of Kaufman for compassionate release from his 30-year prison sentence amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Dave Williams/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
Kansan who abused mentally ill patients denied early release

By Roxana Hegeman Jul. 23, 2020 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, a guard tower and barbed wire fence surround a detention facility in the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. The Associated Press has found that the Chinese government is carrying out a birth control program aimed at Uighurs, Kazakhs and other largely Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, even as some of the country's Han majority is encouraged to have more children. The measures include detention in prisons and camps, such as this facility in Artux, as punishment for having too many children. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities

By Deb Riechmann Jul. 09, 2020 12:02 PM EDT

The Portilla family enjoys sunny weather on a beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, April 19, 2020. From left to right, Leyi Portilla, Alexander Portilla, 7, Michelle Portilla, 10, Kevin Portilla, and Ayleen Portilla, 4. Kevin Portilla said it was their first time outside their Queens apartment in three weeks, where they have been sheltering in place due to coronavirus. "I got 3 little kids and I'm scared to come out… we are scared about this virus," said Kevin Portilla. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NYC nixes June events, including 3 major parades

By Jennifer Peltz, Karen Matthews And Marina Villeneuve Apr. 20, 2020 09:12 AM EDT