Upon inspecting those claims, the news that Shein is planning a major IPO, and the backlash it has aroused about it happens to come from different types of outlets, and multiple articles, not just one article. The news that Shein intends to go public comes largely from financial sources such as Reuters, Yahoo Finance, the Financial Times and The Independent. These reporters have a long history of citing official reports, regulatory papers, or people involved with the process, so their coverage is fairly reliable. The section on activist groups attempting to block the IPO in the UK is from the activist groups themselves: Stop Uyghur Genocide, their lawyers at Leigh Day, and statements from Amnesty International UK. Their mission is human rights advocacy, and thus their letters published in the first person and legal actions reflect that mission. The allegations of forced labour and environmental degradation are even deeper and go back to the very early investigations conducted by groups such as ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), the U.S. Department of Labor, and environmental groups like Greenpeace. Those are the sources that first documented worries about cotton production, factory conditions and the giant waste generated by fast fashion. Activist groups and journalists, who then build on that research, are why the identical allegations are repeated throughout different articles. There are different angles across each group — journalists keep reporting filings and facts, activists lobby for human-rights accountability, environmental NGOs focus on pollution, Shein’s own sustainability reports work to defend the company. Combining all of this demonstrates that the claim that you studied is backed up by several credible sources, yet each of them has their own point of view and agenda.
