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H&M is criticized in China for its position on forced labor in Xinjiang

La marca de ropa más grande del mundo, H&M de Hennes & Mauritz AB, está siendo atacada en China, uno de sus mercados más grandes, por su postura sobre el trabajo forzoso en la remota región productora de algodón de Xinjiang.H&M es criticada en China por su postura sobre trabajo forzoso en Xinjiang H&M es criticada en China por su postura sobre trabajo forzoso en Xinjiang

Chinese state media and social media users criticized the Swedish Fast Fashion Giant in an explosion of anger on Wednesday, accusing the company to spread rumors and defame China for a statement made last year about forced laborIn the northwestern China region of Xinjiang.

Las búsquedas del nombre de H&M en las plataformas de comercio electrónico más grandes de China se bloquearon el miércoles, mientras que los usuarios de Internet recurrieron a Weibo, como el Twitter de China, para pedir boicotear a la compañía, que opera más de 400 tiendas en China. Dos de los embajadores de la marca china de la compañía de moda también anunciaron que estaban cortando lazos con H&M por lo que se llamó su difamación de China.

Alibaba, Pinduoduo and JD.com, que administran los sitios de comercio electrónico que bloquean a H&M, no respondieron de inmediato a una solicitud de comentarios.

“Disseminate rumors to boycott Xinjiang cotton while trying to earn money in China?ILLUSIONS! ”, Wrong the Communist League of China in a Weibo publication that was forwarded almost 30.000 times and attracted around 10.000 comments.

Western companies "should not be involved in this ideological conflict between China and the West under any circumstances," Hu Xijin, editor in chief of the Global Times nationalist tabloid, wrote in their own publication on the platform.

The outrage seems to be due to a statement that the company issued last year in which it expressed concern about forced labor reports and discrimination against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. H&M dijo en el comunicado que no obtuvo productos de la región y que prohíbe estrictamente el trabajo forzoso en su cadena de suministro, independientemente del país.

H&M es criticada en China por su postura sobre trabajo forzoso en Xinjiang

On Wednesday, in response to the violent reaction, the company said it followed international guidelines for sustainability and that their supply chain principles "did not represent any political position".

“Estamos comprometidos con la inversión y el desarrollo a largo plazo en China”, publicó la compañía en su cuenta oficial de Weibo, y agregó que cooperó con más de 350 fabricantes en China.

H&M informó ventas de más de US$1.100 million in China in 2020 despite a fall in store traffic due to coronavirus pandemic.That places the country among its four larger markets, according to the company.

It could not be determined why the company faced the sudden attack on the comments he had made in the past.

Sin embargo, la reacción violenta contra H&M pone de relieve cómo las empresas multinacionales están siendo presionadas en un enfrentamiento cada vez más importante y de alto riesgo entre Beijing y los gobiernos occidentales por los derechos humanos.

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Earlier this week, China announced sanctions to more than a dozen people and entities in the European Union after the European bloc imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials for human rights abuse in Xinjiang, where Beijing has carried out arepressive campaign against the Muslim majority of the region, which includes internment, extrajudicial detention and forced labor.

Beijing has denied all accusations of human rights violations in Xinjiang and, instead, describes the vast network of internment fields as professional training centers aimed at combating terrorism and religious extremism.

In recent months, Chinese officials have become more aggressive in rejecting criticism of Beijing policies in Xinjiang, including the use of social networks to personally attack foreign academics who study the region.

Eso está obligando a las marcas occidentales como H&M con negocios lucrativos en China a elegir un bando.In January, the United States Customs and Border Protection Office prohibited all Xinjiang cotton and tomato products, which imposed importers to demonstrate the absence of forced labor to importers.

H&M se encontraba entre varias empresas occidentales identificadas en una investigación del Wall Street Journal de 2019 sobre empresas que se habían enredado en la campaña de China para asimilar por la fuerza a las minorías turcas de Xinjiang.

Además de H&M, los usuarios chinos en línea apuntaron a otras marcas internacionales de ropa que eran miembros de Better Cotton Initiative, una organización sin fines de lucro que certifica granjas de acuerdo con sus estándares de sostenibilidad del algodón.

Last year, the United States Department of Commerce included in the blacklist a subsidiary of Xinjiang of one of the members of BCI, the Chinese producer of Huafu Fashion threads, for being an accomplice of human rights violations in the region.In October, BCI announced that it would suspend farm licenses in the Northwest region.

The members of the organization includes Nike, Adidas and Ikea, all of which were directed on their affiliation with BCI on Chinese social networks on Wednesday.

Better Cotton Initiative did not immediately respond to comments requests.

En las redes sociales chinas, los usuarios también pidieron expulsar a H&M de China por completo, y varios hashtags asociados con la compañía estaban en tendencia en la lista de los 10 principales, obteniendo cientos de millones de visitas en cuatro horas.

"A foreign brand of low -end travels to China to earn a lot of money," wrote a user. “¡Date prisa y expúlsalo de China! ¡Fuera, H&M! "

La decisión del actor chino Huang Xuan de romper los lazos con H&M encabezó la lista, con casi 500 millones de visitas y recibió más de 140.000 I like in less than five hours.In a publication in Weibo, the Chinese actor's study said that he "opposed" to any attempt to discredit China.

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