China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Reads Like Nazi Law

China’s National People’s Congress approved a new law called the “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress.” The law aims to harmonize the country’s 55 state-recognized ethnic minorities with the Han majority. The law was passed on March 12 and signed into law by Chairman Xi. The law takes effect on July 1^st.

It is feared that the law will be used to further crack down on these minorities, leading to more genocidal pogroms such as were carried out against the Uyghurs (and are still going on). Some of the tactics of the past include forcing minority groups to have more abortions, taking children and raising them as Han, and banning the use of the minority group’s languages and artistic traditions.

Blurb:

China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Deepens Repression of Minorities  International Christian Concern
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China’s National People’s Congress this week approved a sweeping new law titled the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress.  

Marketed by Beijing as a measure to foster “unity” among the country’s 55 officially recognized ethnic minority groups, critics — both inside and outside China — warn that it represents a significant legal entrenchment of policies that have long sought to assimilate, suppress, and control ethnic and religious minorities across the country. 

Passed on March 12 and signed by President Xi Jinping, the new law will take effect on July 1. It mandates broad implementation of what the Chinese state calls a “strong sense of community of the Chinese nation” across government bodies, schools, enterprises, and social organizations. Mandarin Chinese is prioritized as the language of instruction and public life, effectively diminishing the official space for minority languages such as Uyghur and Tibetan. 

Although framed as a measure to promote “progress” and “common prosperity,” outside observers argue the legislation cements an assimilationist agenda that undercuts minority identity and autonomy. Anthropologists and analysts note that the law expands the legal basis to restrict religious, cultural, and political activities of ethnic minorities and could be used to criminalize dissent or cultural expression as separatism.