December 15, 2020

Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority labourers in China's northwestern Xinjiang region are being forced to pick cotton through a coercive state-run scheme, a report (...)

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March 17, 2021

UK lawmakers call for blacklist of firms linked to Uighur abuses

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September 18, 2020

Apparel group says broad ban on China's Xinjiang cotton impossible to enforce

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December 23, 2019

China's cotton output slightly drops in 2019

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's cotton output posted a slight decline this year, official data showed.Cotton output stood at 5.89 million tonnes, down 3.5 (...)

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September 13, 2020

Global Markets: Cotton – How Big a Role Did China Play in 2019/20?

In the 2019/20 marketing year, China accounted for just over 22 percent of total world cotton production, of which 86 percent of that was produced (...)

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March 27, 2021

China branch of cotton trade body finds no forced labour in Xinjiang

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April 14, 2021

Cotton watchdog removes statement on Xinjiang forced labor from its website

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January 16, 2021

U.S. retailers told to target forced labor in China after cotton import crackdown

By Kieran Guilbert(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A crackdown by the United States on cotton imports from China’s Xinjiang region is a “big red flag” that (...)

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May 20, 2021

Uniqlo shirts blocked at U.S. border in January on China forced labour concern

Fast Retailing Co Ltd's (9983.T) Uniqlo brand shirts were blocked at the United States border in January on concerns they violated a ban on cotton products (...)

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March 30, 2021

China warns firms not to engage in politics over Xinjiang

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