Uniqlo faces online China backlash over Xinjiang cotton comments

Commentators call for a boycott of the chain in China after it told the BBC it does not use Xinjiang cotton.

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Fast Retailing's chief executive Tadashi Yanai said Uniqlo was "not using" cotton from the western Chinese province in a BBC interview broadcast this week.

Commentators in China picked up on the comment and urged a boycott of the retailer.

Cotton from Xinjiang is controversial because China has been accused of using forced labour by people from the Muslim Uyghur minority in its production. Beijing has consistently denied these allegations.

Following the BBC report, commentators took to social media platform Weibo calling for a boycott of Uniqlo.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgld4y4l12o

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