Correspondence
May 24 - July 3, 2023
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Email sent to Zhao Gang, Secretary General of the China Overseas Fisheries Association.
The email said: "I would like to ask you or your colleagues to answer the following questions:
- China’s distant-water fishing fleet has been classified by various academic studies as the largest supplier of illegal, unregulated and underreported fishing. Do you agree with this description? What is the government doing to address this issue?
- Chinese seafood processing factories that export to the United States have been confirmed to employ Uighur and North Korean labor. This may cause problems for many companies in the United States and the European Union, as these countries strictly prohibit the import of products related to Uighur or North Korean labor. Is it legal to use labor from these two ethnic groups in China? Or is the Chinese government trying to avoid these types of workers working in factories that export to banned countries?
- How can China’s distant-water fishing fleet be an important part of China’s future overseas development, especially in strengthening ties between China and countries in the global south?"
The same questions as the May 24, 2023 email were sent by email to the organization's Deputy Secretary General, Chen Xue Jian.
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