Thai netizens support Chinese public's boycott of brands over Xinjiang cotton ban after experiencing similar Western campaign

This photo taken on July 9, 2020 shows a macaque monkey climbing up a palm tree to knock down coconuts for a man to collect them in Berapea village near Narathiwat in southern Thailand. - Animal rights campaigner PETA released videos in early July of monkey "slaves" picking coconuts in Thailand, which has led several British retailers to ban the products. Thai coconut farmers have denied mistreating the macaques. -AFP

BEIJING (Global Times): Chinese customers' boycott of foreign brands over their Xinjiang cotton ban have won understanding and support from some Thai netizens who said that they were also victims of disinformation and smearing by the West over alleged monkey abuse in coconut harvesting in the country.

Experts and observers said that fabricating lies about the human or animal rights situations in other countries is a typical method employed by Western countries to impose political and economic pressure on countries for their own interests.