[Guardian] A US sportswear company has stopped using a Chinese supplier following concerns it was using forced labour in camps in Xinjiang.Badger Sportswear, a company based in North Carolina, said it would stop sourcing clothing from Hetian Taida in north-western China.
The company said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday: "Out of an abundance of caution and to eliminate any concerns about our supply chain given the controversy around doing business in north-western China, we will no longer source any product from Hetian Taida or this region of China."
Reports of gross human rights violations targeting the Uighur ethnic minority in the region have leaked out in the past year.