Xinjiang factory sues over 'forced labor' claims By Cui Jia in Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-07-09 07:08 Share CLOSE Women work at the Eagle Textile company's factory in Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in May. Cui Jia/China Daily Standing among the unused sewing machines on the third floor of the Eagle Textile's factory, company chairman Hong Longzhu let out a long sigh. The shop floor of the factory in Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was once packed with workers busily filling customers' orders. Today, it is silent after orders from the European Union and the United States stopped. Hong blames one man for crippling his business.