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December 4, 2020

U.S. Bans Cotton Imports from Chinese Company It Say Uses Uyghur Slave Labor
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The U.S. has banned cotton imports from a major Chinese producer which
it accuses of using the slave labor of imprisoned Uyghur Muslims in
Xinjiang province. China has denied the accusation. In related news,
formerly imprisoned Uyghurs have said they were forced to consume pork,
which is prohibited in Islam, among other abuses.


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