[StopHammoTime]

It has been alleged that Shein uses forced labor to make its products (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/shein-china-congress-forced-...).

Anecdotally, I have heard that there is three towns where a predominant amount of Shein clothes are made and while people are free to leave, they’re paid in “company bucks” akin to company towns in the late 1800s/early 1900s US.

[ceejayoz]

H&M (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/xinjiang-china-c...) and Zara (https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Uniqlo-Zara-owners-f...) have been accused of the same. Forever 21 has a direct parnership with Shein (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/shein-strikes-deal-with-fast...).

If you're buying a t-shirt for under $20, forced labor is probably somewhere in the supply chain.