China’s New Ethnic Unity Law and the Erasure of Minority Identities

Asad Mirza

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China’s newly enacted “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” marks a definitive shift from managing diversity to enforcing homogeneity. By legally institutionalising the assimilation of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other minorities, Beijing aims to replace distinct cultural, linguistic and religious identities with a singular, state-defined consciousness loyal to the Communist Party.…

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