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 13, 2020

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

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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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March 27, 2021

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

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The China branch of the cotton trade body Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) said on Friday it had not found signs of forced (...)

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April 14, 2021

Cotton watchdog removes statement on Xinjiang forced labor from its website

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March 30, 2021

China warns firms not to engage in politics over Xinjiang

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September 23, 2021

Japanese apparel firms in dilemma over Xinjiang cotton

Major Japanese apparel makers and other companies are in a dilemma over Xinjiang cotton, considered one of the best cottons in the world.In addition to (...)

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November 23, 2021

CCFGroup: 2021/22 Xinjiang cotton quality improves obviously

By Oct 31, 2021, ginning volumes of 2021/22 Xinjiang cotton totaled 1.5306 million tons, and inspection volumes totaled 1.1058 million tons, down 18% year on (...)

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May 20, 2021

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

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