Intel has apologized to its partners and customers in China after telling local suppliers that it will not use labor or goods from the Xinjiang region. The company deleted the statement that caused the initial backlash. International trade with Xinjiang is restricted by many governments, including the United States, due to Chinese treatment of the region’s Muslim Uyghur minority population. Earlier this month, the United States banned imports from Xinjiang unless companies can prove the goods were created without the use of forced labor. The US government has called the crackdown on Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslim minority a genocide. In its...