• "They force us to work." Message in Christmas card. Tesco: stop relations with Chinese suppliers

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December 23, 2019 China today denied allegations that foreign prisoners are being used for forced labor after a girl in London discovered a message in a Christmas card at the Tesco supermarket by alleged inmates from Shanghai Qingqpu prison.

Chinese Foreign Ministry: "A farce"
A "farce". So the Chinese foreign ministry dismissed the request for help that a group of detainees in Qingpu prison gave to the Christmas cards sold in the British chain Tesco. "The Shanghai prison does not host foreign detainees subjected to forced labor," said spokesman Geng Shuang. The company that provides the cards to Tesco, Zhejiang Yunguang Printing, also denied using foreign prisoners for forced labor. "Never do such a thing," the BBC spokesman said.