Published: June 20th, 2022,
Last updated: June 20th, 2022
The VW plant in Xinjiang has suddenly become a heated topic. We have long considered the precarious presence in Urumqi to be VW’s biggest political vulnerability. Unnoticed by Volkswagen, the wind has changed in politics. Whereas in 2012 Angela Merkel was still smiling at the signing of the contracts for the controversial plant, governments are now looking very closely at human rights.