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Development of internment camps begin
Around 1.8 million people believed to be imprisoned -
Evidence of forced labour
210,000 workers sense to pick cotton for a Chinese paramilitary organisation -
US imposes visa restrictions of Chinese officials
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Better Cotton Initiative suspends its license in Xinijang
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President Trump signs the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act into US law
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Beijing enacts Anti-Foreign Sanctions law
Allows for sanctions and other countermeasures against a wide range of actors perceived as harmful to Beijing’s interest