Congress calls out NBA players with ties to Chinese slave labor

Published July 30, 2021 8:07pm ET



The NBA may have moved on from the controversies over its ties to China, but not everyone has. That includes members of Congress.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China is urging NBA players to cut ties with three Chinese sportswear companies: Anta, Li-Ning, and Peak. The bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators state that the three companies have “all affirmed that they use cotton” produced in Xinjiang and called on the NBA Players Association to “educate their members about the use of forced labor” in China as well as the country’s genocide against the Uyghurs.

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