One of Brazil’s most high-profile Chinese investors has become embroiled in a scandal that threatens to upend its presence in the country. Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD was building a ...

Authorities rescued 163 workers living in inhumane conditions, prompting BYD to sever ties with its construction partner.

China's Jinjiang Group is in the spotlight after Brazil's labour authorities said workers at a factory it is building for ...

Brazilian labor authorities have alleged that 163 Chinese workers at a construction site for a BYD factory in Bahia are ...

BYD has been building the factory with an annual capacity of producing 150,000 cars initially in Brazil, the Chinese EV giant ...

A task force said it had rescued 163 Chinese nationals who were working in “slavery-like” conditions at BYD’s construction ...

Local authorities said the contractor employed by BYD was forcing 163 Chinese workers to endure slave-like conditions at the ...

Jinjiang Group has denied the allegations of "slavery-like conditions" for workers at BYD in Brazil and has not commented on ...

In a social media post by a BYD spokesperson, Jinjiang Group rejected the Brazilian authorities' accusations about the work conditions at the Bahia site. The contractor said the portrayal of the ...

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A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil where ...

BYD and contractor Jinjiang Group have agreed to assist and house the 163 workers in hotels until a deal to end their contracts is reached, Brazil's Labor Prosecutor's Office said in a statement ...