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Why China’s ethnic unity law marks shift in policy towards assimilation
China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, effective this month, shifts policy towards assimilation, according to a party ethnologist. Analysts suggest it counters Western influence and provides a statutory mandate for minority assimilation, raising concerns from the US and EU about forced assimilation.
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