Shein is in hot water with U.S. Senators over cotton sourced from China’s Xinjiang region
👗 Shein is in hot water with U.S. Senators over cotton sourced from China’s Xinjiang region.
The massive retailer is being questioned by Democratic Sens. Bill Cassidy, Elizabeth Warren, and Sheldon Whitehouse in a letter over the company’s involvement with cotton sourced from China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. There have been allegations for some time that the fast-fashion retailers have been turning toward the region of cotton production, but Shein has vehemently denied these claims and stated that they are false. It is important to note that Xinjiang has been a focus of controversy due to allegations of human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority population by the Chinese government, including forced labor and repression.
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