China’s Communist Youth League and official media have rallied against a number of international brands that had earlier declared their “refusal to use Xinjiang cotton”, as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited a Sino-German chemical plant that supplies raw materials for brands such as Nike and Adidas that have been boycotted by the Chinese public during a visit to Jiangsu province since Thursday (25). “BASF” (BASF). Li Keqiang’s visit to BASF sparked debate in China as the Xinjiang cotton storm rolled on, while Chinese official media made no mention of Li’s visit.
Li Keqiang on Friday (26) to the Sino-German joint venture chemical plant “BASF” (BASF) in Nanjing. China is BASF’s second largest market in the world, after the United States.
The more you invest and the more tax credits you get, the happier we will be, which will effectively stimulate innovation and promote industrial upgrading,” Li told BASF managers. He also said, “We are to leverage enterprises and society as a whole to increase investment in R&D through tax incentives and market-based approaches that are fair and inclusive. It is not just to allocate a thousand pounds to four or two.”
Swedish clothing brand H & M, said the Xinjiang minority was forced labor, the statement years ago that refuses to use Xinjiang cotton, the statement recently provoked by the Chinese Communist Party to turn over old scores, triggering a wave of Chinese nationals to boycott international brands, Nike, Adidas and other brands are also affected by the boycott of Chinese official media and netizens, Nike, Adidas products of chemical raw materials, it is from ” BASF”, the chemical plant visited by Li Keqiang.
Xinhua News Agency and other official media did not mention a word about Li Keqiang’s visit to “BASF”. Only the Chinese government website, managed by the General Office of the State Council, disclosed part of Li Keqiang’s visit to Jiangsu, and did not mention his visit to the BASF plant. “A netizen posted pictures and videos of Li Keqiang’s visit to the BASF chemical plant on Sina Weibo.
Chinese netizens attacked international brands that refuse to use Xinjiang cotton, Nike and Adidas were boycotted, while netizens sought Chinese domestic “Li Ning” and “Anta” brands. When Li Keqiang visited the chemical factory with Nike and Adidas, some Chinese netizens said that Li Keqiang was signaling that he was “different from those who boycotted H&M”; others said, “You think it’s a different tone, but it’s their usual routine. One sings black face, one sings white face”, “the essence is the same, to maintain the rule”.
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