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Western brands including H&M and Nike face growing Chinese backlash over Xinjiang cotton stance – NEWS.com.au
Western brands including H&M and Nike face growing Chinese backlash over Xinjiang cotton stance
Major brands including H&M and Nike have been sucked into a deepening international dispute between China and the west over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur ethnic minority in Xinjiang.At the centre of the latest battle – a nationalistic fervour over Xinjiang cotton, whipped up by the Chinese government and eagerly embraced by consumers, celebrities, tech companies and even rappers.
“The ugly face of the western colonists is recorded on the snowy white cotton,” read the lyrics to a…
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