China tells its minorities to integrate or face consequences with sweeping new law | CNN
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For years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pushed ethnic minority groups like Tibetans and Uyghurs to adopt an identity rooted in Chinese nationality and allegiance to the ruling Communist Party.

For years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pushed ethnic minority groups like Tibetans and Uyghurs to adopt an identity rooted in Chinese nationality and allegiance to the ruling Communist Party.

Now, that push has been codified into a sweeping new law that reaches into classrooms, neighborhoods and homes – and gives Beijing the right to target people outside of its borders that it believes violate its rules.

The statute, officially known as the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, came into effect on July 1. It bans acts that “undermine ethnic unity or create ethnic division” among China’s 56 officially recognized ethnicities, which include a Han Chinese majority that makes up over 90% of the country’s 1.4 billion people.

    • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      2 days ago

      Ethnic unity = one race

      It doesn’t get more synonymous.

      No one’s going to believe you’re that stupid so stop acting like you’re not just a troll.

      • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
        23·
        1 day ago

        It isn’t synonymous. The preamble of the legislation itself refers to the aim of a “unified multi-ethnic nation”. Just because the USA has issues of racism and race division going on, doesn’t mean that other nations should follow suit. The law is literally trying to break down race divisions and is in itself anti-racist.

        Read the official publication, lol

        https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/fl/202603/t20260313_723912.shtml

        The state respects and protects the learning and use of minority languages and scripts, promotes the standardization, normalization and informatization of minority languages and scripts, and supports the protection, collation, research and utilization of ancient books of minority groups.

        The outstanding traditional cultures of all ethnic groups are integral parts of Chinese culture. The state adheres to guiding the creative transformation and innovative development of the outstanding traditional cultures of all ethnic groups with advanced socialist culture, and supports the promotion and dissemination of outstanding traditional Chinese culture.

            • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              Last three words of the second paragraph when translated

              E: looks like you have it as “traditional Chinese culture”. Same thing. It’s a dog whistle except it’s been used so often anyone can hear it clearly unless they’re just being intentionally obtuse because they’re a paid assassin.

              • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
                11·
                23 hours ago

                So you’re saying that the Chinese are using western so-called “dog whistles” to… Refer to what exactly? Ethnic minorities of China are Chinese culture… Are you for preserving that culture or for eradicating it?

                I have a contact who’s a qualified Chinese translator, I’m running the sentence “支持开展中华优秀传统文化的宣传和推广” by them. Although to me the translation of the wording matches similarly to what China promotes in it’s tourism advertising campaigns.

                • catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  23 hours ago

                  I’m just not a genocide denier. That’s basically it.

                  I’m pointing out that you’re being intentionally obtuse to cast doubt on the existence of said genocide and I think it’s monstrous. Just in case someone who isn’t a CCP agent is actually buying any of it.

                  • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
                    11·
                    8 hours ago

                    Do you deny the so-called “white genocide”? I deny it, maybe that makes me a genocide denier.

                    The outstanding traditional cultures of all ethnic groups are integral parts of Chinese culture.

                    I literally says that traditional cultures of all ethnic groups in China constitute Chinese culture. This makes perfect sense. French culture is European culture. Scottish culture is British culture. English culture is British culture. Scottish culture is European culture. Texan culture is American culture. Californian culture is American culture. Han culture is Chinese culture. Miao culture is Chinese culture. Uyghur culture is Chinese culture. Guangzhou culture is Chinese culture. Hong Kong culture is Chinese culture. Beijing culture is Chinese culture. Taiwanese culture is Chinese culture. Hainan culture is Chinese culture. Tibetan culture is Chinese culture. New York culture is American culture. German culture is European culture. Chinese culture is Asian culture.

                    Stating these things isn’t perpetuating genocide. It just makes sense.

    • edible_funk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      73·
      2 days ago

      They’re literally advocating ethnic unity. Not unity between ethnicities, but ethnic unity implying one.

      • HM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        The law bars anyone from blocking marriages on ethnic grounds. The only way to stop one ethnicity existing would be to ban interracial marriages.

        Also, it doesn’t imply anything, the preamble refers to a unified multi-ethnic nation. The whole Chinese view on the issue has essentially been anti-racism and working towards ending racial divisions. If such a thing were to be promoted in the west, it would be celebrated.

        • edible_funk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          Well, the whole view far as Chinese propaganda goes. And Trump is making America great again. Mmhmm. Sure.