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China Warns Walmart Against Removing Products Made in Xinjiang – WSJ

By Thomas A. Smith

China s anti-corruption watchdog criticized Walmart Inc. WMT 1.06% on Friday, warning of a consumer boycott following reports that the world s largest retailer had stopped stocking products from Xinjiang in its China-based Walmart and Sam s Club stores.

Walmart had no justifiable reason for taking down products from an entire region, the ruling Communist Party s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a strongly worded statement Friday. The agency added that the move was prompted by ulterior motives and showed stupidity and short-sightedness. The American big-box retailer would suffer the consequences for its actions, CCDI said.

Walmart declined to comment Friday.

via www.wsj.com

You might find this story confusing. The “corruption” of Walmart is their alleged *not* stocking products made by those pesky political prisoner/slaves of Xinjang. Clever, no?