President Xi nevers wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip | Simon Tisdall

The article analyzes how Chinese leader Xi Jinping is intensifying his control over ethnic and religious minorities through a sinicisation policy, encapsulated in a new "ethnic unity" law. This policy aims to boost national identity and integration by expanding compulsory Mandarin use, which is viewed by groups like the Tibetans, Mongolians, and Uyghurs as forced assimilation or ethnic cleansing.