Detained Over Ivanka Trump Factory Inspection, China Labor Activist Speaks Out<br />When Mr. Hua tried to visit Hong Kong to discuss video details with Li Qiang, the founder<br />and director of China Labor Watch, nearly two weeks later, he was stopped by Chinese border police and told that he could not leave mainland China.<br />China Labor Watch, a New York-based labor advocacy group, hired Mr. Hua, 36, in early May as a consultant to<br />join two younger activists who had taken jobs at two Huajian International shoe factories in southern China.<br />The State Department spokeswoman, Alicia Edwards, also said<br />that American companies benefited when undercover labor investigators could help make sure that Chinese manufacturers were respecting labor laws.<br />The case involving Mr. Hua and two fellow activists has focused unwanted attention not only on poor labor practices in China,<br />but also on the manufacturing operations of Ms. Trump, the president’s daughter and a special adviser in the White House.<br />Mr. Hua said that he had decided during his four-week detention<br />that he would speak to the news media after his release because he thought the public had a right to know about what he described as excessive work hours and other unfair or illegal labor practices at Huajian.<br />The next day, he fled 250 miles inland to Ganzhou, the location of the other factory, and met Li Zhao, one of the other China Labor Watch activists.
