The $5 Top That Costs More Than You Think: Temu and the Forced-Labour Blind Spot

The $5 Top That Costs More Than You Think: Temu and the Forced-Labour Blind Spot

Almost every Australian has had the ads pop up while browsing the internet—the online retailer Temu, advertising its wares on the most popular platforms. The formula seems almost too good to be true: cheap products and postage, attractive and practical designs, often at much cheaper prices than local stores. But what is the true cost of supporting this Chinese Communist Party-linked enterprise? Australia’s Anti-Slavery Commissioner Chris Evans r…