| N | XjCS of western newspapers | XjCS of Chinese newspapers | ||
| Key clusters | Freq. | Key clusters | Freq. | |
| 1 | forced labor | 135 | Forced labor | 95 |
| 2 | Xinjiang cotton | 72 | Xinjiang cotton | 81 |
| 3 | supply chains | 59 | China’s Xinjiang | 45 |
| 4 | United States | 30 | cotton field(s) | 43 |
| 5 | forced labour | 27 | autonomous region | 40 |
| 6 | Xinjiang region | 25 | supply chain(s) | 39 |
| 7 | Chinese government | 21 | Human rights | 38 |
| 8 | supply chain | 20 | China’s region | 38 |
| 9 | rights violations | 16 | Uygur region | 37 |
| 10 | Uyghur forced | 15 | Uygur autonomous | 37 |
| 11 | Uyghur labor | 15 | Xinjiang Uygur | 36 |
| 12 | right abuses | 14 | Xinjiang’s cotton | 27 |
| 13 | Apparel brands | 13 | China’s autonomous | 25 |
| 14 | Chinese consumers | 13 | China’s Uygur | 25 |
| 15 | Tommy Hilfiger | 13 | called forced | 23 |
| 16 | rights groups | 13 | percent year | 22 |
| 17 | Muslim minorities | 12 | cotton production | 21 |
| 18 | clothing brands | 12 | Northwest China’s | 21 |
| 19 | UK government | 11 | anti-China | 20 |
| 20 | Trump administration | 10 | textile industry | 20 |
| 21 | labor prevention | 10 | cotton output | 20 |
| 22 | using forced | 9 | cotton industry | 19 |
| 23 | raw material | 9 | labor prevention | 15 |
| 24 | minority groups | 9 | million tons | 15 |
| 25 | cotton industry | 9 | Uygur forced | 14 |
| 26 | rights consortium | 8 | Chinese consumers | 13 |