Posted on 03/25/2021 6:40:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Chinese regime is taking on foreign apparel and footwear brands amid global fallout over its genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region. Undeterred by growing international condemnation over its human rights abuses, Beijing is pressing companies to reverse their position on Xinjiang by way of boycotts.
The regime has dredged up past statements made by companies—some up to two years old—to distance themselves from sourcing materials from the northwestern Chinese region over potential forced labor abuses. It hopes to stoke nationalist fervor and encourage a nationwide boycott.
The outrage from Beijing followed days after the United States, Canada, the European Union, and the UK issued joint sanctions on Chinese officials for their role in persecuting Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
Already, about a dozen brands are feeling Beijing’s wrath. Nike, H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Converse, Puma, and Calvin Klein have lost their brand ambassadors as Chinese celebrities—faced with naming and shaming by Chinese internet trolls—moved quickly to cut ties.
Major Chinese e-commerce sites such as Alibaba-owned Taobao, Pinduoduo, and JingDong Mall have dropped H&M products, while some Chinese internet influencers eagerly endorsed domestic brands. One post circulating on Chinese social media listed more than 30 foreign brands that it suggests boycotting.
“The spotless white cotton from Xinjiang brooks no smearing from any forces,” said Gao Feng, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce, at a March 25 press conference.
Hua Chunying, the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, dismissed the forced labor accusation as a “malicious rumor” and said the companies “get to judge what they should do.”
“Anyone who offends the Chinese people should prepare to pay the price,” she said at a press conference on the same day. “Chinese people wouldn’t allow foreigners to reap benefits in China on the one hand and smear China”
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These guys are learning tricks from the cancel culture kids.
Lay down with dogs...
If there is a betting pool my money is on every single company kowtows to Beijing.
These Woke companies are finding out how it feels to get into bed with the ChiComs.
CCP: Biggest murder machine in the history of the world.
Hitler wasn’t close.
Chicoms gonna be chicoms.
These companies could reopen US factories and make things here but it would cost more for all. So instead they sell their souls for cheap slave labor. And in the end it gets them nothing.
I wish we could get a “not made in China” label.
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