BEIJING — Chinese celebrity endorsers have abandoned several foreign retail labels, including six U.S. brands such as Nike, as Western concerns over labor conditions in Xinjiang spark a patriotic backlash from consumers.
New Balance, Under Armour, Tommy Hilfiger, and Converse, owned by Nike, have come under fire in China for statements that they would not use cotton produced in the far western Chinese region due to suspected forced labor.
Activists and U.N. rights experts have accused China of using mass detainment, torture, forced labor, and sterilizations on Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. China denies these claims and said its actions in the region are necessary to counter ext…
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