Intel apologises for asking suppliers not to use products from Xinjiang region

Intel has apologised after telling suppliers not to use products from the Xinjiang region of China (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Intel apologised on Thursday for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from the Chinese province of Xinjiang after the world’s biggest chipmaker joined other foreign brands in facing the fury of state media over complaints of abuses by the ruling Communist Party in the mostly muslim region.

Intel’s request was “arrogant and vicious,” said the Global Times, a newspaper published by China’s ruling party.