On Monday's Backchat, boycotts, sanctions; and stuck in the Suez.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has criticised several international brands including Nike, H&M and Adidas over their decision to boycott Xinjiang cotton. These brands said they would stop buying cotton from Xinjiang because they alleged the cotton were produced by forced labour in the region.
Some mainland consumers have expressed anger and said they would boycott brands which boycott Xinjiang cottons. The sentiments escalated and celebrities who were spokesperson of these brands also issued statements to cut ties with their sponsors.

And China has sanctioned organisations and individuals in the UK over what it called "lies and disinformation" about Xinjiang, days after Britain imposed sanctions for alleged human rights abuses in the northwestern Chinese region.
What do you make of these boycotts and sanctions? Are they effective? Will the boycotts last? Is politics becoming too pervasive?

From 9:15am-9:30am, we'll be talking about the ship stuck across the Suez Canal.

8:30-9:15 am Boycotts, sanctions

830-915 Mark Michelson, Chairman of the Asia CEO Forum of IMA Asia
830-915 Zoon Ahmed Khan, Journalist/ Research Fellow, Belt & Road Strategy Institute Tsinghua University 
830-915 Daniel Flitton, Managing Editor of the Lowy Institute's international magazine
9-915 Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist and former Director-General of Social Welfare

9:15-9:30am Stuck in the Suez
Tim Huxley, Chief Executive of Mandarin Shipping Limited