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Exclusive | Rubio, Mullin urged to crack down on Labubu dolls made with cotton from Chinese region notorious for forced labor concerns

Nypost · · 538 words · By Ryan King
U.S.-China Trade Relations Human rights violations Supply Chain Ethics
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A test found that 16 of 20 of Pop Mart’s plush monster toys were comprised of some cotton from Xinjiang”
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Two separate web search results confirm that materials testing of Labubu dolls (produced by Pop Mart) found cotton from Xinjiang in 16 of 20 dolls tested.
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web search NEUTRAL — Labubu is a line of collectible plush toys created by Hong Kong illustrator Kasing Lung.The toys are produced and sold exclusively by the China-based retailer Pop Mart, which primarily releases Labubu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labubu
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web search NEUTRAL — Two rounds of materials testing revealed the presence of cotton from East Turkistan, the occupied Uyghur homeland, in Labubu dolls.Pieces of clothing from 16 of the 20 dolls were identified as contain…
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/04/24/studies-find-viral…
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web search NEUTRAL — The dolls that contained Xinjiang cotton were bought from Amazon, eBay, Shein, AliExpress and other retail channels, as well as directly from Pop Mart. They were from the Labubu lines called Fall in t…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/business/labubu-cotton-ba…
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“The heads of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and State Armor... urged DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to stop imports of those products”
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While evidence confirms Markwayne Mullin is the Secretary of Homeland Security (as of 2026) and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation exists, there is no evidence in the provided search results confirming the specific act of urging him to stop imports of Pop Mart products.
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web search NEUTRAL — Markwayne Mullin is an American politician and businessman who has served since 2026 as the ninth United States secretary of homeland security.Mullin was widely photographed in the House chamber as ri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin
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web search NEUTRAL — The Victims of Communism Museum, located two blocks from the White House, is our schoolhouse and the hub of our educational activity. Witness the rise of Communism, the terror of Lenin and Stalin, the…
https://victimsofcommunism.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma ch...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLjblX0oguo
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“In 2025 alone, Chinese authorities carried out 3.36 million ‘labor transfers,'”
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The search results provided for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing Yandex trends, Vietnamese fishermen, and song lyrics) and do not mention labor transfers in 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Extensive User Base: With millions of active users, Yandex’s emerging trends disseminate quickly throughout Russia and the CIS nations, establishing it as a strong resource for viral content.
https://malamtahunbaru.store/20-bok3p-indo-viral-on-social-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vietnamese authorities also provided the Chinese side with photographs and video footage recording the rescue operation and repairs to the vessels, demonstrating transparency and Vietnam’s full effort…
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-hands-over-rescued-fisherm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ruth B. - Dandelions (Lyrics) 7clouds • 36 млн просмотров 3:49.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgTMeICssXY
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“Pop Mart has announced plans to expand its U.S. retail footprint and membership base.”
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The search results provided are irrelevant, discussing pop music genres and Funko Pops, but not Pop Mart's specific business expansion plans in the U.S.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pop music, or simply pop, is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. [5] During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music enc…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music
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web search NEUTRAL — POP! YOURSELF Three Cheers for the Grad! Make personalized graduation gifts to celebrate unforgettable moments! Order now to receive by the big day.
https://funko.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 12, 2025 · The ultimate pop music 2025 mix — a nonstop pop playlist of the biggest pop hits, new pop songs, and chart-topping favorites.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Y8OEo_zOc
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“The test identifying the ties to Xinjiang was commissioned by the Campaign for Uyghurs.”
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The search results provided only give general definitions of the word 'campaign' and do not mention the Campaign for Uyghurs or their commissioning of tests.
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web search NEUTRAL — A "blood drive", when the Red Cross or a hospital asks people to give blood, is also a campaign. A campaign usually involves groups of people following a plan and working together in different ways to…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Noun The group launched a campaign to protect the area from commercial development. The university is organizing a campaign to attract a more diverse student population.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign
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web search NEUTRAL — CAMPAIGN definition: 1. a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/campaign
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“The New York Times later confirmed the results independently.”
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The search results are generic homepages for Google News, CNN, and Fox News and do not contain any specific information regarding the New York Times confirming Pop Mart test results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “hold off” on a Tuesday plan to attack Iran, citing a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as he said...
https://www.cnn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani wants New Yorkers to hate success. That should scare every last one of us US military is powerful enough to crush enemies, but can it defeat their 'final 10%?'
https://www.foxnews.com/
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“The US bans imports from Xinjiang, a region also known as East Turkistan”
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While the provided search results for this specific claim were irrelevant (United Airlines), the context of the other verified claims (Claim 7) and general knowledge of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) supports the US ban on imports from Xinjiang. However, based strictly on the provided evidence for this index, it is weak, but corroborated by the broader context of the 'genocide' and 'forced labor' search results in Claim 7.
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web search NEUTRAL — During World War II, United modified the aircraft for military use and transporting supplies. After the war, United capitalized on the aviation boom, and in 1961 merged with Capital Airlines, briefly …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines
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web search NEUTRAL — Indicates an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Copyright © 2026 United Airlines, Inc. All rights reserved.
https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/
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web search NEUTRAL — Find and compare United Airlines flights & tickets for all destinations, read 9,735 reviews, see United Airlines fees, cancellation policy and flight information | KAYAK
https://www.kayak.com/United-Airlines.UA.airline.html
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“State Department officials have classified the alleged human rights abuses there as genocide.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the US State Department has determined that genocide is taking place in Xinjiang.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Chinese government denies having committed human rights abuses in Xinjiang.[4][19] International reactions have varied, with its actions being described as the forced assimilation of Xinjiang, as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_Chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — The State Department also highlighted an example of Abdulghafur Hapiz, an Uyghur man who was detained in a Xinjiang internment camp since 2017. Hapiz's death was formally confirmed by the Chinese gove…
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/bide…
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web search NEUTRAL — Now that the State Department has determined that genocide is taking place in China, how should the United States government adjust its foreign policy toward China? What should the world do to protect…
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/learning/lesson-of-the-da…
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“Pop Mart CEO Wang Ning... blasting Adidas for vowing to avoid the region”
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““We have stopped shipping cotton products into the U.S., which were a tiny percentage of our SKUs,” a Pop Mart spokesperson told The Post.”
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“China has vehemently denied the human rights abuse accusations it has faced regarding Xinjiang.”
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“Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to stop imports of products made in Xinjiang.”
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