After several prominent international fashion brands expressed doubts about using cotton from Xinjiang, Chinese netizens launched a boycott of their products this week.

The Chinese campaign was supported by several entertainers in Taiwan and Hong Kong, earning scorn from fellow Taiwanese and Hongkongers more concerned with human rights, reports Taiwan News.

As human rights have become a global democratic value, products tainted by forced labor, child labor, or civil war have become the target of boycotts, You wrote on his Facebook page Saturday as quoted by Taiwan News.

Since China was seriously violating the human rights of the Uyghur people, it was certain that many consumers would no longer be able to accept products containing Xinjiang "blood" cotton, he said.

"Protecting human rights is not enough, people should also point out the violators, as only when human rights are respected will there be peace," the legislative speaker said.