Farmers load harvested red jujubes in Ruoqiang County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. File photo: Xinhua
Chinese netizens launched a campaign advertising the specialties and beautiful scenery of Northwest China’s Xinjiang on social media Thursday 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.
“I thought the rise was due to commercial promotion through some channels, but when I opened online chat windows I found customers were buying the products…