H&M back on Alibaba's Tmall after Xinjiang controversy

Swedish retailer yanked from Chinese shopping platform for rights-abuse comments

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Chinese consumers and high-profile celebrities boycotted H&M and other international clothing brands after they refused to use Xinjiang-produced cotton in their garments. (Source photo by Getty Images) 

CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Swedish fashion retailer H&M has quietly returned to Alibaba's Tmall online sales platform, 16 months after the Chinese e-commerce group banned it over the brand raising concerns about human rights abuses in far-western Xinjiang province.

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