HONG KONG – The world’s largest clothing brand, Hennes & Mauritz AB’s H&M, is attacked in China, one of its largest markets, for its position on forced labor in the remote cotton region of Xinjiang .
Chinese state-owned media and social media users on Wednesday massacred the Swedish fast-fashion giant, accusing the company of spreading rumors and fouling China over a statement made last year about forced labor in the northern Xinjiang region. western China.
H&M name searches on China’s largest e-commerce platforms were blocked on Wednesday, while Internet users visited Twitter, such as China’s Weibo, to call for a boycott of more than 400 stores. in China. Two of the fashion company’s Chinese brand ambassadors have also announced that they will cut ties with H&M over what has been called the shattering of China.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Pinduoduo Inc. and JD.com Inc., which manages e-commerce sites that block H&M, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Spread rumors about the boycott of cotton in Xinjiang while trying to make money in China? Desiring thinking! “Wrote the Communist Youth League of China in a post on Weibo that was broadcast almost 30,000 times and attracted about 10,000 comments.