This past December, a London family bought a package of Christmas cards to mail to friends. Their 6-year-old daughter opened one of the cards and found a note that said: “We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu Prison China. Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization.”

This was no joke. The harsh truth is that Beijing’s regime oversees forced labor throughout China, and not only has Beijing targeted Uighurs and other ethnic minorities for coerced labor, but some of the world’s most well-known brands, including Apple, BMW, Gap, Huawei, Nike, Samsung, Sony, and Volkswagen, have benefited from the arrangement. The public should be deeply troubled by such abuses and should urge Washington to take action.