State of Play in China:Boycott UNIQLO？

The owner of the global fashion chain Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, stated in an interview with the BBC that the Japanese company does not use cotton from China’s Xinjiang region in its products. This statement sparked a boycott of Uniqlo within China.
What exactly was Tadashi Yanai's intention? Is the BBC intentionally provoking the sensitive nerves of Chinese netizens?
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