25 Mar 2021
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On Wednesday, the Communist Youth League called out Swedish clothing retailer HM for a statement it issued on Xinjiang’s cotton industry in a Weibo post.
Things then moved fast. By late Wednesday:
Two of HM’s Chinese brand ambassadors dropped their affiliation in protest.HM shops a...
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