Critics say it could hasten forced assimilation, lead to targeting of critics outside China. Beijing rejects charges.

For years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pushed ethnic minority groups like Tibetans and Uyghurs to adopt an identity rooted ...

China's new ethnic unity law aims to promote a shared national identity, raising concerns over minority rights and assimilation.

Beijing: China's new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which came into effect on July 1, is pushing the ethnic ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has raised alarms over China's new law on ethnic unity, warning it could severely erode the cultural, linguistic, and religious rights of minorities ...

China's new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress took effect on July 1, introducing new rules on language, education and ethnic governance.

The law aims to forge a 'shared' national identity among ethnic groups, including by strengthening Mandarin's status as the ...

Responding to China’s new Ethnic Unity Law coming into force on 1 July, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “Chinese ...

The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, ...

The law aims to strengthen what Beijing calls a “shared Chinese national identity” among the country's 56 officially recognised ethnic groups. A contentious provision allows China to hold individuals ...

The law, which Beijing says applies outside of China, has renewed international criticism over the handling of minorities ...