Volkswagen CEO Diess 'not aware' of China's Uighur camps | DW News
Herbert Diess, CEO of one of the world’s most well-known car companies, Volkswagen, claims not to know of the detention in China of up to a million Uighurs and other Muslim ethnicities in so-called re-education camps. Set up, in the north-west in Xinjiang, a UN panel has called them ‘internment camps.’ Former inmates have alleged being tortured in them. Volkswagen runs a plant in Xinjiang, where the camps are located.Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dw_stories/ Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/deutschewelle
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Volkswagen (VW; German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡŋ̍] ) is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst and over the 81 years since grew into the global brand it is today. As of 2025, the company had a market capitalization of approximately US$58.9 billion.The company is well known for the Beetle and serves as the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Gr...
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