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