Mind you, had she not inserted this propagandist line, her article would quite possibly not be published in the New York Times!"Xinjiang region, where the Chinese government has waged a broad campaign of repression against ethnic minorities." Shoppers vowed to the brands. Celebrities dropped their endorsement deals.
The author of the article who happens to be of Chinese descent is unfortunately pushing the Evil CCP narrative regarding the Uyghur situation in Xinjiang. And the above paragraph or sentence was written as a matter of fact rather than typing it down as "alleged repression" since there's no actual evidence to prove this idiot's baseless allegations. What a sad monster to be writing such a blatant lie.
The fact that the New York Times or any other major MSM will publish some article on China nowadays means it should have embedded some toxic narrative inside, even just in the form of a casual passage, and most readers won't realize that.