Some time ago, there is no news that many foreign brands boycotted my country’s Xinjiang cotton under the banner of “human rights issues.”
The rumors spread by many well-known international brands and countries are self-evident, but recently another incident happened in the country that made people feel “really fragrant”, and the protagonist of the incident happened to be The United States took the lead in secretly slandering our country at that time, so what exactly happened?
The United States’ “real fragrance” slaps you in the face
According to customs data In the first quarter of this year, the United States imported goods worth US$64.4 million from the Xinjiang region. This figure increased by 113% compared with the same period last year, which really surprised many people.
What the United States imports from my country’s Xinjiang is not raw materials, but high value-added finished garments. In fact, from a certain perspective, this is because the United States does not dare to blatantly “betray” its allies by purchasing cotton. I could only buy some finished clothes and go back. It’s really a slap in the face. This approach of the United States has also been noticed by many countries.
Is BCI supported by the United States?
Earlier, the Swiss BCI organization publicly slandered our country’s Xinjiang around the world, causing damage to our country’s reputation in the world. It turned out that this organization was behind the instruction of the US Agency for International Development to launch a boycott of China’s Xinjiang cotton. In fact, BCI, as a non-profit organization, has always received financial sponsorship from the United States, so it can continuously carry out boycott activities against China.
In addition, the departmental goals of the US Agency for International Development are clearly marked as “based on the national interests of the United States.” From this series of evidence, it can be determined that BCI is actually a political tool of the United States. .
In fact, BCI, as a professional organization that grows and promotes cotton around the world, the internal production standards of the organization have long been lower than the ordinary standards in the market, and some of the standards adopted by the organization are lower than those in our country. has been eliminated.
After the Xinjiang cotton incident continued to unfold and major brands suffered severe blows, the BCI organization finally couldn’t hold on any longer. On March 26 this year, it stated that no employees in the Xinjiang cotton industry were forced to work. On April 14, BCI issued a detailed statement on my country’s Xinjiang cotton and withdrew all demands for a boycott of Chinese cotton.
The current situation of cotton development in Xinjiang
With the continuous improvement of my country’s agricultural science and technology, agricultural production is becoming more and more efficient, and more and more high-quality Efficient machines and technologies were successfully applied to cotton production in Xinjiang. With the help of advanced equipment, Xinjiang cotton was quickly planted in an all-round way.
At the same time, my country’s Xinjiang cotton has gradually formed cooperative relationships with many domestic brands in China, the first of which is 361°. As the first domestic sports brand to cooperate with Xinjiang cotton, 361° has played a role in supporting Xinjiang cotton. And on April 2, it successfully signed a long-term cooperative relationship with the China Cotton Alliance, using more and more Chinese cotton in the production of sports brands.
Not only because of this Xinjiang cotton incident, in fact, the China Cotton Alliance has taken actions a long time ago to enhance the influence of cotton in Xinjiang and other places in my country, and gradually joined the ranks of the world, raising the international Influence.
361° told the media that they have long been using domestic cotton for clothing production, and can consume an average of more than 7,500 tons of cotton yarn and other raw materials every year, and more than 90% of the cotton is Produced in Xinjiang. At the same time, after 361° strongly supported national cotton, Li Ning, known as the light of domestic products, also joined the ranks. For a long time, Li Ning will use Xinjiang cotton and other labels on clothes.
In fact, because of the excellent quality of cotton in Xinjiang, my country, there is almost not enough to sell domestically every year. According to statistics, Xinjiang’s cotton output accounted for 87% of the country’s total output in 2020, about 520 tons. However, in order to meet domestic cotton demand, our country still needs to import nearly 2 million tons of cotton from abroad. From this point, it can be seen that Xinjiang cotton in my country has a good market and its future development is promising.
Foreign brands were dumbfounded
Since it was revealed that foreign brands were boycotting Xinjiang cotton, the patriotic enthusiasm of our people has been rising, and they have joined the patriotic ranks one after another. More and more people are boycotting these foreign brands, including many internationally renowned clothing brands, such as Nike, Adidas, H&M, etc.
H&M was the first to insult Chinese cotton and repeatedly provoke China’s bottom line. Under tremendous pressure, many H&M stores have closed one after another, and major e-commerce platforms have removed H&M from their shelves.
In addition, there was a boycott of Chinese tomatoes.�The Japanese tomato paste manufacturer Kagome chose not to import Chinese tomatoes because of its boycott of Chinese tomatoes, causing the company to fall into a business crisis and almost collapse.
However, when they are in crisis, the United States, which encourages them, is still choosing Chinese products, which also makes these brands dumbfounded.
This series of things tells these foreign brands, I hope they can open their eyes and see the truth clearly. Don’t blindly become a follower of some countries just because of a small profit. Don’t be sold out by others and still count their money. As the spokesperson of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, if you want to understand China, then come to China and have a look. </p
