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15/12/2020 14:06 GMT: China's 'tainted' cotton

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A new investigation suggests China is forcing Uighurs to pick cotton in Xinjiang province

A new investigation suggests China is forcing Uighurs to pick cotton in Xinjiang province.

China is forcing more than half a million Uighurs and other ethnic minorities to pick cotton in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a new investigation. Newshour examines how clothing companies can verify their supply chains.

Also in the programme: Kabul’s deputy governor killed by ‘sticky bomb’; and unconscious bias training to be scrapped in the UK.

(Image: Cotton in the field. Credit: Reuters)

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