INTEL is facing criticism in China after asking suppliers not to use Xinjiang labour or products, threatening to trap the US chipmaker over human rights in the far western Chinese region, reports Bloomberg News.
Weibo users, a Twitter-like service, posted a letter sent by intel in December that declared it is required to ensure its supply chain didn't employ labour or procure goods and services sourced in Xinjiang.
The news site Guancha accused the chipmaker of siding with Western governments, which have imposed regulations and restrictions on products from the region.
Foreign companies operating in China are finding it increasingly difficult to strike a balance between accessing its huge market without ignoring concerns in their home nations.
Western governments have accused China of imposing forced labour in Xinjiang, including in the cotton industry, and imposed sanctions over the alleged human rights abuses.
China has declared the allegations are unfounded and retaliated with sanctions of its own.
'Intel has the guts to do this because its supply chain had very little Xinjiang products, to begin with, but its CPUs are a necessity in China right now,' said nationalist commentator Hu Xijin.
'For companies like Intel, we must remember all the wrongs they have done. As China gets stronger, we will have more power to retaliate against them.' said Mr Hu.
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Weibo users, a Twitter-like service, posted a letter sent by intel in December that declared it is required to ensure its supply chain didn't employ labour or procure goods and services sourced in Xinjiang.
The news site Guancha accused the chipmaker of siding with Western governments, which have imposed regulations and restrictions on products from the region.
Foreign companies operating in China are finding it increasingly difficult to strike a balance between accessing its huge market without ignoring concerns in their home nations.
Western governments have accused China of imposing forced labour in Xinjiang, including in the cotton industry, and imposed sanctions over the alleged human rights abuses.
China has declared the allegations are unfounded and retaliated with sanctions of its own.
'Intel has the guts to do this because its supply chain had very little Xinjiang products, to begin with, but its CPUs are a necessity in China right now,' said nationalist commentator Hu Xijin.
'For companies like Intel, we must remember all the wrongs they have done. As China gets stronger, we will have more power to retaliate against them.' said Mr Hu.
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