H&M feels China’s wrath over old comment about abuse
Online retailers drop its products and the China Communist Party Youth League says the fashion retailer is ‘spreading rumours’
24 March 2021 - 15:10
Beijing — At least one Chinese online retailer appeared to drop H&M’s products amid social media attacks on the Swedish company for saying it was “deeply concerned” about reports of forced labour in the far western region of Xinjiang.
On Monday, the EU, US, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials accusing them of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. China retaliated with sanctions on European lawmakers and institutions...
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