July 21, 2021

Reports of forced labor are driving brands to abandon Chinese cotton

Early last year, amid mounting reports of forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), U.S. outdoor apparel maker Patagonia (...)

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November 13, 2019

Xinjiang cotton sparks concern over 'forced labour' claims

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November 21, 2019

CHINA: What are the influences of reserving 500kt Xinjiang cotton?

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December 18, 2020

US enforcement covers a third of cotton produced with forced labor from Xinjiang: report

Dive Brief:New evidence of forced Uighur labor used to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang province suggests that more cotton exported from that region is exposed to (...)

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March 27, 2021

How brands are responding to China’s Xinjiang boycotts: deleting past statements or all-out flip-flops

BY GRADY MCGREGORSome of the world’s largest apparel companies are facing an unprecedented reckoning in China as state media outlets and social media campaigns call for (...)

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August 7, 2021

Levi Strauss sustainability chief leaves Better Cotton Initiative board

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June 25, 2021

Nike's China sales in spotlight after Xinjiang backlash

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October 2, 2020

Uighur labor will be tough to avoid with about 20% of cotton connected to Xinjiang

Dive Brief:As many as 1 in 5 cotton garments in the world is likely to contain some fiber produced in the Xinjiang province of China, (...)

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January 3, 2020

Xinjiang continues to top China's cotton production

URUMQI, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The cotton output of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region exceeded 5 million tonnes, accounting for 84.9 percent of the (...)

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September 1, 2020

Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners

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