BYD Brazil scandal exposes flaws in Chinese investment
"Slavery-like" working conditions have been uncovered at the Chinese EV maker's factory site in Brazil, casting a spotlight on the standards maintained by Chinese companies outsourcing workers at ...
China EV giant BYD hits the skids in Brazil as ‘slavery-like’ claims run over labour force
This is the first in a three-part series looking at efforts by Chinese companies to step out of their comfort zone and expand ...
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Brazilian authorities close car manufacturing plant due to “forced labor”
Brazilian authorities reported this week that some 163 workers had been rescued from slave-like conditions at the BYD plant in Camaçari ... passports kept by the company. Workers slept on ...
China makes more cars than it needs. Now, it’s shakeout time.
An “elimination round” is likely to cull weaker players in a market dominated by EVs and plug-in hybrids. Among the early ...
Brazil Says BYD Used Irregular Visas To Bring “Hundreds” Of Chinese Workers In The Country
According to Liane Durao, a labor inspector for Brazil’s Ministry of Labor, the 163 workers hired by Jinjiang for the local ...
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Brazil has the “knowledge to build an atomic bomb”
Brazil has the necessary knowledge to build an atomic bomb according to an article in Sunday’s edition of Jornal do Brazil. The statement is based on a doctoral thesis presented recently at the ...