Hugo Boss branded ‘two-faced’ in China for sending mixed messages on buying cotton from Xinjiang amid forced labor allegations


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World News German clothing giant Hugo Boss has been accused of hypocrisy in China after it issued contradictory statements about the allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang which have sparked a boycott of foreign brands. Major clothing brands recently came under fire in China, sparking calls for a boycott, for saying they would stop using cotton from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, populated by Uighurs, China’s ethnic Muslim minority. Western nations and global human rights groups have accused Beijing of placing Uighurs in internment camps and subjecting them to forced labor. China denies these allegations, insisting that Uighurs attend vocational...