![]() In an effort to placate China and preserve market share, Muji, Fila and Asics have all publicly announced their support for goods from the Uyghur region. ![]() ![]() While the shameful cowardice shown by the group of companies choosing to quietly erase their statements against human rights abuses is reprehensible, even more stunning is the choice some brands have made to defend and proudly publicize their use of Xinjiang cotton. One in five cotton garments on the global marketplace is tainted by forced labor As long as there is a market for goods sourced from the Uyghur region, the Chinese government will be emboldened to keep operating the mass detention camps where Uyghur people are being held in indentured servitude. ![]() So far these companies are in the minority, but they own global brands such as Zara, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. That’s because companies that have dared to voice their concerns over what is happening in the Uyghur region are now facing threats of a boycott in China – a perfect example of the rebuke these brands have been trying to avoid.Ĭhina is by many measures now the world’s largest economy, and in the wake of this boycott, major global apparel companies including Inditex and PVH have removed policies against forced labor from their websites. Yet it is still a challenge to convince some corporations to prioritize workers’ lives over profits. Last week, the US and its allies sanctioned Wang Junzheng, the head of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Several countries including the US have officially declared this campaign a genocide. ![]() Forced labor is an integral part of the ethnic cleansing program being carried out by the Chinese government, which is targeting the Uyghur population and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples and subjecting them to involuntary labor and “re-education”. One in five cotton garments on the global marketplace is tainted by forced labor, and more than 20% of the world’s cotton comes from the Uyghur region, which the Chinese government calls Xinjiang. ![]()
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