Why is China set to approve a new law promoting 'ethnic unity'?
A law that could threaten the rights of minority groups is a sign of the direction Xi is taking China.
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"Whether it is the promotion of Mandarin or the restrictions on expression of ethnic minority identity, religious practices and so forth, the regime is saying that all that stuff we did is correct and, we are so confident in that, that we are going to now elevate what was previously just sort of policy to the level of basic law."
— Aaron Glasserman , Academic
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A law that could threaten the rights of minority groups is a sign of the direction Xi is taking China.
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