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Is Communist China Forcing Ethnic Unity? Inside China’s Radical Move to Erase Minority Identities
Beijing has officially enacted its highly controversial “Law for the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress,” marking a decisive shift from historical minority autonomy to aggressive state-enforced assimilation. From mandating Mandarin in preschools to claiming global extraterritorial reach over critics abroad, Xi Jinping’s newest legal framework forces a singular, party-first identity across China’s 56 ethnic groups—sparking sharp warnings from the UN and human rights monitors over the systemic erasure of minority cultures.
