China Releases Activists Scrutinizing Ivanka Trump Shoe Factory

China Releases Activists Scrutinizing Ivanka Trump Shoe Factory
By KEITH BRADSHERJUNE 28, 2017
DALIAN, China — Three undercover investigators who were seeking evidence of abusive labor practices in the manufacture of Ivanka Trump-branded shoes have been
released on bail from a detention center in southeastern China pending a trial, the activist group that employed the investigators said on Wednesday.
Two of the men — Li Zhao and Hua Haifeng — worked undercover in the giant Dongguan factory of Huajian International, a Chinese company
that claims to make shoes worn by one in every 10 women in the United States.
But Ms. Trump did call in a speech at the State Department on Tuesday for strong action against countries where human trafficking
occurs, in conjunction with the release of a United States government report that labeled China as one such country.
The Ivanka Trump brand declined to comment on their release on bail, and Ms. Trump has not commented on the investigators’ detention.
China Labor Watch, the group that sent the men into two factories that produce Ivanka Trump shoes, called for them to receive a fair trial.