[theqoo] GOT7's Jackson has cut ties with Adidas due to the fashion brand's support of Xinjiang Laborers

[satoori]

[theqoo] CHINESE CELEBRITIES WHO CUT TIES WITH ADIDAS

Jackson Yee, Yang Mi, Dilraba, Deng Lun, Chen Linong, Jackson (GOT7), Song Yanfei, Eddie Peng

In addition celebrities like Zhou Dongyu, Victoria Song, Song Weilong, Wang Yibo, Janing Chang, Ouyang Nana, Boran Jing, Ni Ni, Roy Wang, etc. also cancelled their contract with Converse, Puma, CK, H&M, Nike, Uniqlo, New Balance, Burberry, etc.

+ Greg Hsu, Yang Yang, Bai Jing Ting 

T/N: This all happened after the companies released their statement regarding Xinjiang (see previous post here)

1. Anyways Chinese people always end up wearing counterfeited items so..

2. Greg Hsu....

3. Ah, Greg Hsu..... He cut ties with Puma??? Aren't you Taiwanese?..... don't play with the Chinese people ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

4. I looked it up and even Darren Wang uploaded a post supporting the Xinjiang cotton... what's happening with these Taiwanese people...

5. I don't know about the other people but isn't Dilraba from the Uyghur community???? Seriously, this is too much....

6. Isn't Dilraba Uyghur????????? Did I misread that?

7. Greg Hsu cut ties with 2 brands. CK and Puma

8. Greg... Hsu.... ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

9. Yang Yang...? The Yang Yang from Love O2O..???

10. Are they talking about Yang Yang from NCT?

11. Yang Yang from Love O2O -> yes, from NCT -> no

12. Greg Hsu, f*ckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ yah, seriously don't do this ha..... we're f*ckedㅋㅋㅋㅋ

13. Jackson was from the HK fencing team when he debuted in GOT7.. since when has he started his "from China" phase? 

14. Greg Hsu is in this list..? ^^ It's so hard to be a fangirl..ㅋ f*cking disappointed

15. Ah even Song Weilong is here........ seriously, I can't fangirl on Chinese celebrities anymore

16. He said that he cut ties but it's still on his Insta so it's freaking hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋ what's this? So he's cutting ties on his Chinese SNS but not on his American SNS? CR.

 

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GOT7's Jackson has cut ties with Adidas due to the fashion brand's support of Xinjiang Laborers.

Adidas is one of the companies that are no longer using Xinjiang cotton due to the alleged use of forced labor and discrimination of ethno-religious minorities in Xinjiang to harvest cotton. Chinese nationals are now boycotting the brand among others.

Though GOT7 have been collaborating with Adidas since 2018, Jackson has now decided to cancel his endorsement of the brand. Jackson's official Weibo announced, "From today forward, this agency and Mr. Jackson Wang will cease all work with the brand Adidas Originals. The country's interests are above everything else, and the studio and Mr. Jackson Wang are strictly against all malicious acts that defame and slander China." CR.

Edited March 25, 2021 by satoori

[MinnieMax]

This mass movement makes situation look even more shady and tragic. Who will tell them. 

[Guest]

Is dilraba uyghur? 

[spopo]

4 minutes ago, NothingOriginal said:

Is dilraba uyghur? 

yeah.  She was born in Xinjiang.

 

CCP has been posting images comparing slave labor in the US south during the 19th century to Xinjiang today.  The point is supposed to be "the US is guilty of slave labor," but why on earth would you make the comparison??  Nobody in the US thinks US slavery was a good thing.

[satoori]

2 minutes ago, spopo said:

CCP has been posting images comparing slave labor in the US south during the 19th century to Xinjiang today.  The point is supposed to be "the US is guilty of slave labor," but why on earth would you make the comparison??  Nobody in the US thinks US slavery was a good thing.

the comparison is backwards and stupid af

learn from history mistakes. don't repeat it.

 

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, spopo said:

yeah.  She was born in Xinjiang.

 

CCP has been posting images comparing slave labor in the US south during the 19th century to Xinjiang today.  The point is supposed to be "the US is guilty of slave labor," but why on earth would you make the comparison??  Nobody in the US thinks US slavery was a good thing.

Ughhhh

[Fly_Higher]

3 minutes ago, spopo said:

CCP has been posting images comparing slave labor in the US south during the 19th century to Xinjiang today.  The point is supposed to be "the US is guilty of slave labor," but why on earth would you make the comparison??  Nobody in the US thinks US slavery was a good thing.

They are going with the "Just because you Americans did it in the past does not mean we are currently doing the same thing" blah blah blah bullshit narrative.

CCP/C-netz are also constantly demanding for evidence of Uyghurs actually getting mistreated in the cotton industry which is also probably why they keep bringing up these images to show that we don't have similar photos and yet they have a bunch of you people mistreating others in the past.

I also think they are trying to divert the attention, knowing how sensitive and huge racial issues are in the West by hoping that ppl will talk about the history of slavery rather than Xinjiang. 

[echobunny]

i get that they are basically forced to do this if they want to continue to work in china but it's still so disappointing

[spopo]

1 minute ago, satoori said:

the comparison is backwards and stupid af

learn from history mistakes. don't repeat it.

 

Actually, I think the comparison is quite fitting honestly, but the CCP is not making the point they think they are.

[satoori]

Just now, spopo said:

Actually, I think the comparison is quite fitting honestly, but the CCP is not making the point they think they are.

that what i mean, the point they're trying to say doesn't make sense.

[mrs.otter]

Jackson didn't stand for his hometown, so I didn't expect him to defend Uyghurs' rights but it still hurts because I love him and I'm Turkic myself. It's fcking complicated

 

Dilraba on the other side, girl, wth... 

I also like Yang Yang a lot but idk man, can't we all just live in peace and stay away from dirty politics? 

[Mom]

I understand why he did this — I’m empathetic towards it. If he didn’t, it would make his life and that of his family dramatically complicated. I don’t blame him.
 

But it’s still jarring to see it. 
 

And as far as the CCP and their whatabout-isms with the US and slavery, and the EU and the holocaust, it’s just more fucking bullshit from a bullshit ideology, and a half-baked economic and political doctrine that would make Marx and Mao roll over in their graves. 
 

Yes, the United States practiced slavery, yes — Germany industrialized mass murder. But you will find no one in mainstream society that will excuse it.

 

 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Mom

[MelanatedBeauty]

-pretends to be shocked- yall awake yet or still mad at the facts thats staring you in your face kim jong china dont forget it.

Isnt jackson from an olympian parent too?

Lol yall better peep it from both sides.

Edited March 26, 2021 by MelanatedBeauty

[RiseLikeACrowTit]

3 hours ago, echobunny said:

i get that they are basically forced to do this if they want to continue to work in china but it's still so disappointing

Nobody can force you to lose your f*cking dignity as a human being for bloody money, that's just the price YOU decided to put to your soul; I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking i'm getting money over slave work of people in concentration camps, could you?

[campfire]

Dilraba has no shame, god.

[Elessar]

His stans acting like if there are snipers pointing at him and his family every second and that's the only reason he's supporting the ccp is just... but tbh, watching images of him going from being a proud hong kong citizen to totally kiss the ass of the china government is distasteful.

 

[Walmart Goddess]

1 hour ago, RiseLikeACrowTit said:

Nobody can force you to lose your f*cking dignity as a human being for bloody money, that's just the price YOU decided to put to your soul; I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking i'm getting money over slave work of people in concentration camps, could you?

Deluded fan girls act like being a celeb in china isnt a choice. That keeping your mouth shut isnt a choice. This is how they try to victimize chinese celebs. Dont fall for their bs. The real victims are the uighurs, inner mongolians, tibetans, and hong kongers 

[echobunny]

7 hours ago, RiseLikeACrowTit said:

Nobody can force you to lose your f*cking dignity as a human being for bloody money, that's just the price YOU decided to put to your soul; I wouldn't be able to sleep thinking i'm getting money over slave work of people in concentration camps, could you?

 

 

6 hours ago, Walmart Goddess said:

Deluded fan girls act like being a celeb in china isnt a choice. That keeping your mouth shut isnt a choice. This is how they try to victimize chinese celebs. Dont fall for their bs. The real victims are the uighurs, inner mongolians, tibetans, and hong kongers 

this is propaganda and we all can see that - have you ever been threatened by your own government? you saw what they do to millions of people who just want to live their life peacefully but somehow you think the celebs, who are important to china's soft power, can chose what to do and how to do it?

[MinnieMax]

15 hours ago, echobunny said:

 

 

this is propaganda and we all can see that - have you ever been threatened by your own government? you saw what they do to millions of people who just want to live their life peacefully but somehow you think the celebs, who are important to china's soft power, can chose what to do and how to do it?

I actually was. They had a choice. 

[echobunny]

8 hours ago, MinnieMax said:

I actually was. They had a choice. 

i'm assuming not following their orders meant you had a price to pay

i'm not saying we shouldn't criticize these celebs for doing what they do (call them out whenever you want, it's justified) but they won't stop posting this shit. china won't stop putting protesters in jail. the uyghurs will continue to get hurt - unless something on the scale of international law happens. i think these brands did the right thing by not buying the cotton produced by slave labor and i hope china gets punished at least economically for the things they do

[panqueque]

The celebrities are just propaganda, nothing else. People tend to forget here how China censors anything without question, and how controlling is the government. While I can understand famous Chinese people trying to be "a good Chinese citizen" since they were brainwashed since little, I can't understand Jackson, or the famous people who aren't from China. He could be still successful and rich with his international audience and his fanbase in Korea. Like how much money does he want to be so openly unethical? If he had stayed silent since the start I'm sure no one would had question him...

 

[MinnieMax]

1 hour ago, echobunny said:

i'm assuming not following their orders meant you had a price to pay

i'm not saying we shouldn't criticize these celebs for doing what they do (call them out whenever you want, it's justified) but they won't stop posting this shit. china won't stop putting protesters in jail. the uyghurs will continue to get hurt - unless something on the scale of international law happens. i think these brands did the right thing by not buying the cotton produced by slave labor and i hope china gets punished at least economically for the things they do

Laws, especially international laws, are changed and adapted when a lot of people demand a change. In this case the movement needs strong visible supporters inside the country because political diplomacy and economical relations won't let anyone from outside affect it too much. This is reality. #everybodyknows but nothing is done. Let's be honest what these idols did will actually affect uyghurs and other minorities in China negatively. It set a tone for Chinese youth to ignore a problem as if it doesn't exist.
Choosing humanity and paying the price for it is always a choice. That's how our societies get better or worse 
Ignoring the elephant in the room when someone is really hurting and even actively supporting the ones who are hurting them is a choice too. 

[echobunny]

3 minutes ago, MinnieMax said:

Laws, especially international laws, are changed and adapted when a lot of people demand a change. In this case the movement needs strong visible supporters inside the country because political diplomacy and economical relations won't let anyone from outside affect it too much. This is reality. #everybodyknows but nothing is done. Let's be honest what these idols did will actually affect uyghurs and other minorities in China negatively. It set a tone for Chinese youth to ignore a problem as if it doesn't exist.
Choosing humanity and paying the price for it is always a choice. That's how our societies get better or worse 
Ignoring the elephant in the room when someone is really hurting and even actively supporting the ones who are hurting them is a choice too. 

i don't disagree, they are on the wrong side of history

[Kpop_fan178]

I like how a lot of people shitted on Victoria saying that she has no humanity left in her, no backbone, no empathy, that she is brainwashed etc, but now when we are talking about Jackson there is not a single hate comment, a lot of people are like "well they surely are forced into this", but the thing is Jackson has a LOT of resources so he really isn't. Hypocrisy much? It's like a hate bandwagon that people jump on.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Kpop_fan178

[HRH Ayyu]

well regarding the Vicoria and Jackson reaction comparison. Jackson is from hong kong were they enjoyed a lot off free speech and less censorship. His reaction o the hong kong protests and siding wit China made people  think he chose money.

Vicoria was born and raised in communist china, were her family lives. they were raised with Chinese party propaganda.So im not surpised by Vicoria siding with the government being vocal.

 

I think people had higher expectations for Jackson but they are both wrong in this. I think is up to the western companies to stick to moral decision not to buy Xinjiang cotton.