A cotton picker on a farm on the outskirts of Hami, Xinjiang in November 2010. The political background to the cotton row complicates the search for easy answers. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
Why I’m sitting out the Xinjiang cotton boycott
- What may have begun as a genuine attempt to improve the lot of Uygur detainees seems to have become embroiled in a wider diplomatic exercise to attack China
A cotton picker on a farm on the outskirts of Hami, Xinjiang in November 2010. The political background to the cotton row complicates the search for easy answers. Photo: Reuters
