Chinese netizens support Xinjiang specialties, tourism amid foreign brands’ cotton boycott

Farmers load harvested red jujubes in Ruoqiang County, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. File - Xinhua

BEIJING (Global Times/ANN): Chinese netizens launched a campaign advertising the specialties and beautiful scenery of Northwest China’s Xinjiang on social media Thursday (March 25) amid national anger toward foreign brands’ boycott of Xinjiang cotton.

Liu Jiahui, a 23-year-old member of staff at Tuantuan’s Bazaar, an e-commerce platform selling Xinjiang agricultural products, told the Global Times on Thursday that she was surprised that orders have risen nearly 17 times since Wednesday.