Asked About Uniqlo Shipment Stopped by CBP Under WRO, China Says No Forced Labor Concerns Exist
China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian denied any forced labor exists in the Xinjiang province when asked about a Uniqlo shipment stopped by CBP over the possible use cotton from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (see 2105130031). "There is…
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no 'forced labor' in Xinjiang, only voluntary employment and free choice in the labor market," he said during a May 19 press conference, according to a transcript the ministry provided. "Certain Western politicians and anti-China forces spread lies to suppress certain companies and industries in China under the pretext of human rights, as part of their sinister conspiracy of containing China's development by disrupting Xinjiang," he said, according to an unofficial translation.