‘Horrified’: UK Lawmakers Blast Shein Over Ethical Sourcing Concerns

U.K. lawmakers grilled executives from Chinese e-commerce giant Shein at a hearing in parliament, where leaders scolded Shein’s general counsel for dodging questions about whether the company sources cotton from China’s controversial Xinjiang region. 

The January 7 hearing in front of parliament’s Business and Trade Committee was initially called in response to Shein’s impending IPO listing on the London Stock Exchange in the first quarter of 2025. According to Reuters, British lawmakers repeatedly pressed Shein’s general counsel attorney Yinan Zhu on the company’s sourcing practices for its co