For decades the Chinese government has been accused of implementing repressive policies designed to subjugate ethnic minorities, forcing them to assimilate into the dominant Han culture. Now a new law set to be rubber-stamped through the country's annual parliamentary session later this week will solidify, expand and even speed up this process, further threatening the rights of minority groups and their way of life, academics and human rights activists say.

#China's new "ethnic unity" law, to be passed this week, will accelerate the attempted forced assimilation of the country's ethnic minorities into the dominant Han culture, according to academics and human rights groups. A piece by me: CLICK LINK TO READ www.bbc.com/news/article ...

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