Xinjiang cotton boycott leaves Western brands reeling
Names like Adidas and Burberry face a dilemma: either respect a boycott on cotton from China s Xinjiang region reportedly produced using forced Uyghur labor or lose access to the world s biggest consumer market.
China is accused of forcing its Uyghur population to work in cotton fields
The latest China-versus-the-West dispute is getting ugly. On Wednesday, Chinese state television started blurring the names of Western brands worn by reality show contestants. The measure was a veiled threat to the likes of Adidas and Nike that they could easily lose access to the world s largest consumer market of 1.4 billion people.