Deeply disturbing
This sounds like a devastating blow to cultural diversity. How can the international community respond effectively to protect these communities?
China’s new ethnic unity law legalizing cultural ‘erasure’, minorities warn at UN
GENEVA: Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting last week to push China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities. The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which comes into effect on Wednesday, aims to forge a “shared” national identity among ethnic groups and “strengthen cohesion.” But rights advocates charge it has been shaped to provide Beijing with legal cover for pursuing long-existing policies of forced assimilation with the Han majority.