Two Chinese labor activists were reported missing, with a third detained by police, while they were investigating violations at a factory that manufactured Ivanka Trump shoes, according to a worker-advocacy group.
Hua Haifeng, Li Zhao and Su Heng -- working undercover under the direction of New York-based China Labor Watch at a factory operated by shoe manufacturer Huajian Group in the southeast province of Jiangxi -- have been unreachable by phone over the weekend, said Li Qiang, the founder of the group. Hua’s wife was contacted by local police by phone Tuesday afternoon and told that he’d been detained for illegal eavesdropping, said the wife, Deng Guimian.
