Chinese consumers voice support for Xinjiang cotton to refute smears


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BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese consumers are backing up Xinjiang-grown cotton and relevant products to refute the groundless "forced labor" accusations. Claims made by some foreign brands including H&M and Nike that they refuse to use Xinjiang cotton due to the alleged "forced labor" in the region have triggered a strong backlash from the Chinese public. "Xinjiang cotton is of great quality and I often buy clothes and quilts made of it. It's a loss for these brands to reject the material out of political reasons," said Wang Linlin, a shopper from east China's Nanjing. China is the world's...