Settings

Theme

U.S. seizes $800k shipment of Xinjiang products made with human hair

axios.com

45 points by arzt 6 years ago · 12 comments

Reader

OldHand2018 6 years ago

I wonder what DNA testing of the hair would turn up. In fact, I wonder if they've already tested samples and that's why they are making such an extraordinary claim.

  • readme 6 years ago

    To test it, you'd need DNA from a sample of detainees, I doubt they have that.

    It's pretty suspicious though, 800k worth of human hair? It disgusts you, I hope.

    In other news, President Trump agreed with Chairman Xi that his concentration camps were "the right thing to do" as long as Xi continued to buy soybeans from American farms!

    Art of the deal!

seemslegit 6 years ago

Are they trying to imply that the hair itself comes from Xinjiang prisoners or just that the wigs are made by forced labor ?

ericmay 6 years ago

> “If this highly suspicious, 13-ton shipment of human hair indeed turns out to be linked to the Uighur concentration camps, then this is a new low — even for the Chinese Communist Party — and they will have to answer to the world community for their actions,” National Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot tells Axios.

> Numerous female survivors have said women's heads were shaved when they were admitted to the camps.

I don't even know what to say about this, if it's true.

Apofis 6 years ago

I was honestly imagining a sweater or something...

Keyboard Shortcuts

j
Next item
k
Previous item
o / Enter
Open selected item
?
Show this help
Esc
Close modal / clear selection