CHINA / DIPLOMACY
By Xing Xiaojing and Yin Yeping Published: Apr 15, 2021 02:24 AM
A worker selects tomatoes at a tomato processing plant in Bohu county, Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, August 5, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
Kagome, Japan s king of ketchup, has stopped importing tomatoes from China s Xinjiang, becoming the first major Japanese company to stop doing business with the region over Xinjiang-related issues. Experts said that it could not be ruled out that the motivation for the Japanese company to make a statement on Xinjiang-related issues was to use this as a gift from Japan to the US on the eve of the Japan-US summit on Friday.