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China’s rubber-stamp parliament set to approve ‘ethnic unity’ law (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) is expected to approve a new “ethnic unity” law during its annual legislative session.
The law aims to strengthen a shared national identity among China’s ethnic groups under the concept of a unified Chinese nation.
It prioritizes Mandarin Chinese in education and public life, reducing the role of minority languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur, and Mongolian.
Authorities frame the law as promoting “ethnic unity and progress” and national cohesion.
Critics (including rights groups) say it institutionalizes assimilation policies and increases political control over minority groups.
The law is tied to Xi Jinping’s “Sinicisation” policy, which encourages minorities to integrate into Han Chinese culture.
Some analysts say it formalizes policies already implemented in regions like Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia.
Provisions also encourage integration measures in areas such as education, migration, housing, and interethnic relations.
The NPC session will also approve other major items including:
- A new environmental code to unify environmental laws.
- China’s 2026–2030 five-year economic plan and annual budget.
- The parliament is widely seen as a rubber-stamp body that almost never rejects proposals put forward by the Communist Party leadership.

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[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, cultural genocide.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

In the "People's" republic of China, you're only allowed rights if you're Han.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

And even then only if you pledge allegiance to the CCP.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago

Rights to work 6 12s. Six days a week, twelve hours a day, for starvation wages. China is the devil not communist, eat a dick .ml

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Always have been the case but at least they were pretending publicly to care now it's all in the open.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I find it very apt that their brainless congress is shortened as NPC lmao

[–] pet1t@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago

enriching ourselves with different cultures? nah, f that, from now on there's only one culture for everyone!

history proves this is a really good idea! /s

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

And Cantonese. Just because its not a small minority doesn't mean Beijing wants to overrun everything with Mandarin lol.

[+] plyth@feddit.org -10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

They must know that they can wait like the EU which will unite on speaking English thanks to Youtube and Netflix. They control the platforms and content and can give Mandarin an unnoticable advantage. Assuming competence, why do they do it the rough way anyway? They must know that it breeds resentments.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes but EU members are actually more culturaly diverse now than before EU was created. Most of main factors are not exactly EU related but just general growth and empire collapse but generally EU made small cultures much stronger through better economic conditions like grants and tourism etc.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

As far as I know there were also advantages for minorities in China, e.g. excemptions from the one child policy. So why the overall push that must create resistance? It's exactly what the US needs to build an opposition.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This @plyth is a troll permanently downplaying the Chinese government's atrocities, mostly through weird comments that I would describe as pseudo-intellectual. Save you breathe I would say.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Weird is not wrong. I am asking for their motives. That is not downplaying. Thinking about the enemy shouldn't make you this uncomfortable. We know our leaders are corrupt. Why blindly follow their China hate without questioning that like anything else and hate them for the right reasons?