EDITORIAL | taipei times editorial
USRepresentativeTedYohoonTuesdaylastweekcalledonUScitizenstoboycottChineseproductsforhumanrights,citingBeijing’soppressionofHongKong,Xinjiang,TibetandTaiwan.InaHousecommitteehearingcommemoratingInternationalHumanRightsDay,YohocorrectlypointedoutthattheoppressiononlywentunansweredbecauseofChina’seconomicdominance. HecalledontheUSpublictopressuremanufacturerstoadoptan“ABCpolicy”byestablishingproduction“anywherebutChina,”andsuggestedthatconsumersbuyTaiwaneseinsteadofChineseproducts. Int...
US Representative Ted Yoho on Tuesday last week called on US citizens to boycott Chinese products for human rights, citing Beijing’s oppression of Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan. In a House committee hearing commemorating International Human Rights Day, Yoho correctly pointed out that the oppression only went unanswered because of China’s economic dominance.
He called on the US public to pressure manufacturers to adopt an “ABC policy” by establishing production “anywhere but China,” and suggested that consumers buy Taiwanese instead of Chinese products.
In today’s world where most nations would readily submit to Beijing’s wishes in exchange for economic benefits, Yoho’s sobering call for a boycott of Chinese goods deserves high praise, even though it came somewhat late.
He noted that “the efficacy of such boycott movements in a globalized supply chain has been widely questioned...