BEIJING: Casual wear giant Uniqlo is facing a storm of online criticism in China after a BBC report quoted the chief executive of its owner as saying the company does not source cotton from the far western region of Xinjiang.
The British Broadcasting Corporation published an interview on Thursday with Tadashi Yanai, the chief executive of Fast Retailing, in which it asked him if the Japanese retailer sourced cotton from the region.
In the interview, Yanai initally responds to the BBC's question saying,"We're not using," before interrupting himself to say he did not want to continue his answer as it was"too political".The issue of sourcing from Xinjiang, where rights groups and the US governmentBeijing denies any abuses in the region, the origin of the vast majority of Chinese-produced cotton.
In a statement it said PVH was suspected of"unjustly boycotting" Xinjiang cotton and other products"without factual basis".In 2020, Fast Retailing said it did not make any products in Xinjiang. However, Yanai has refrained in recent years from discussing the subject in other media interviews, saying Uniqlo wanted to stay neutral.
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