VW announced on Wednesday that the plant in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in western China, and two test tracks in Turpan, Xinjiang and Anting, Shanghai, will be sold ...

German car giant VW said that it would sell its factory and test track in Xinjiang for "economic reasons." China has been accused of using forced labor from ethnic Uyghurs in the region.

Volkswagen operates a plant in Xinjiang as part of a joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor. An audit commissioned by the German carmaker last year found no signs of forced ...

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Ford has a deal with a battery maker that congressional investigators allege has ties to vast lithium mining and processing operations in Xinjiang, and Volkswagen operates a factory in the region ...

Volkswagen and its Chinese partner agreed to sell their test sites in Turpan, Xinjiang and Anting, Shanghai to Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection Certification (SMVIC ...

Volkswagen, however ... banning the entry of products made with forced labor in Xinjiang, where the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic group, have been persecuted for their religious and cultural beliefs.

The chair of a U.S. House Committee on China and the top Democrat on the panel urged Volkswagen to halt operations in Xinjiang after thousands of vehicles with a small Chinese-made electronic ...