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.
As someone who lived in China for about 5 years, it’s amazing reading people’s comments on China that have never been there, but they watch bullshit propaganda tictoks, and think they know what they’re talking about.
I’m 43 from the US. For how ridiculously racist the world thinks the US is because they have the most whiney people with victim syndrome (because you know we have free speech and China doesn’t), I have heard/seen legitimately 10x more racist shit living in China in 5 years than I’ve heard over the last 38 years of my life.
There’s government messages all over to hate/kill Japanese. They have an amusement park in the south (I forget where) where it’s a replica US aircraft carrier you can visit and outside there’s an activity where you can stop US tressed dummies with a bayonet.
China thrives on the imbalance of information between itself and the US. They abuse freedom of speech in the US while controlling all media outlets, social sites, and WeChat in their own country.
Han Chinese are even racist towards other Han Chinese due to insane obsession with skin whiteness and China not having free movement like other countries (regional identity then becomes superiority status). This is kinda everywhere in Asia but China is especially bad.
The problem with western freedom is that it allows for lazy conclusions like “my government is restricting my freedoms and is unjust which means the opposition is free and just, through sheer virtue of being opposition”.
Wow. You sure make China sound like the united states!
chinese hate on japanese is justified and you shouldnt cry about it
ww2 was almost a century ago.
who cares?
Define integrate. I live in a country that I wasn’t born in. Obviously, I follow the laws, but I don’t owe anyone to change my personality. I eat whatever the fuck I want, dress the way I want, etc. I’m allergic to narrow-mindness because it implies low intelligence, among other things
Here’s the wiki article on the law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_on_Promoting_Ethnic_Unity_and_Progress.
Some stuff makes sense - like economic modernization of regions with many minorities (especially poor regions), teaching Mandarin in schools so that everyone can speak the majority language, and preserving cultural works and texts of minority groups.
Other stuff seems repressive, like the broad enforcement section, the extremely broad reach of the law into all public and private institutions, legislating what various actors can/can’t teach the youth if it might “harm Chinese ethnic unity” which is left pretty vague. Very ethnostate-coded stuff on the whole, not great.
Some sections I thought were noteworthy, taken from wikipedia, shortened with DeepSeek. There is lots more stuff in there.
"Chapter I… tasks the whole of government and society to achieve these goals, mandating general obligations on a wide range of public and private actors such as … " [basically all imaginable institutions]
“Chapter II, titled Building a Shared Spiritual Home, lays out the ideological characteristics … requiring fostering identification with ‘the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics’ through patriotic education … and promotion of ‘Chinese cultural symbols and image of the Chinese nation’. It also codifies the predominance of Standard Chinese (Putonghua) in public life … and requires that Chinese characters be displayed more prominently than minority scripts if both must be used in public.”
“It tasks the Ministry of Education and the National Ethnic Affairs Commission in developing textbooks regarding ‘the community of the Chinese nation’ … It vows to support the standardization, digitization, and preservation of minority texts. It broadly requires media, internet service providers, families, among others, to promote the CCP’s ethnic policy … while prohibiting them from ‘instilling in minors ideas detrimental to ethnic unity and progress’.”
“Chapter V and VI concern the enforcement mechanisms … permits citizens to report conduct that ‘undermines ethnic unity and progress’ … Procuratorates may initiate public interest litigation when any such conduct also ‘undermines national interests or the public interest’. It generally leaves penalties to be imposed under other applicable laws. It also asserts jurisdiction over foreign organizations and individuals that ‘commit acts targeting the PRC that undermine ethnic unity and progress or create ethnic division’.[7] The law empowers the state to pursue those outside of China perceived as undermining notions of ethnic unity.”
It’s quite standard fascist discourse:
Point to real problem that everybody wants to solve; declare that some policy they want (almost always some kind of racism) is the only solution; do some genocide as the means of implementing the policy.
it’s even in the name of the law “ethnic unity” - like come the fuck on lol
Tell me again how china is good or better than America? I’ve said this before but American capitalism hasn’t been the answer for decades. And Chinese communism won’t save us either. As a Native American I know all to well about the great American history of treating natives here. And how china has been treating Tibet and Uyghurs is distinguished as well as Taiwan too.
Hey, be generous and give .ml some time to write their script at how they treat their minorities better before they respond to you!
BOO!
Both China and the US are fascist. So they’re about the same.
Yeah, fascists will call themselves socialist, democratic, or even communist if it serves their goal of gaining power.
You need to do a lot of due diligence on anyone calling themselves a socialist.
I dont think either system will be the one prevailing in the long term, they are both to flawed and do not prevent corruption which will always destroy any system. So yea both are bad, which leads to the question which is currently worse? I’d argue latestage captialism corpo America is worse then CCP China at the moment. I think more average people are suffering in America then in China at this point in time. Dont get me wrong I’m not a fan off China in terms of censorship, oppression of people and other control measures in place, my only argument is that living a standard live in China is easier/more comfortable at the moment then in the US (better healthcare, less household debt, less homelessness, etc.). Also the Taiwan situation is very different then the Tibet and Uyghurs oppression but that’s a whole other topic so I don’t wanna start that discussion
In my -admittedly limited - experience, the bast majority of people are nice, good people. Doesn’t matter where they come from, what the color of their skin is, what their culture is, most people are decent and just want to make it through the day. Just the other day I was in a city where a football world cup match was playing and the streets were filled to the brim with people from all countries, all walks of life, all partying together. I saw 10 people from every “color” and gender and what not, all playing “keep the ball up”. Everyone was wearing a T-shirt from a different country and it didn’t matter, everyone was there to enjoy themselves.
Its usually a tiny portion of narcissistic assholes with psychopathic tendencies that feel the need to get more money, more power, who always end up pushing bullshit like this. It’s always a form of “I want more wealth or power so if I make another minority group look bad, I can divide and conquer and become even bigger!”
I think that if we simply remove the option to become super powerful that things finally will turn around. That means world wide wealth caps for one, nobody richer than, say, ten million dollars, anything over that goes to taxes. And for two, it means also capping the power that politicians have.
Once everyone is more or less equally powerful, and there are no more incentives to push for more wealth, that 1% if you will, will no longer have the power to push those narratives that one is better than the other, they won’t be able to spread lies as easily anymore and why even try if you can’t get rich or powerful anymore?
I think that is the thing that will turn this around for humanity, we need to stop the rich and powerful
It is better at churning out more billionaires than the US now.
https://ceoworld.biz/2026/03/08/china-surpasses-the-u-s-again-as-worlds-billionaire-factory/
Remind me when the US executes a billionaire.
Oh yes, China is also better at executing people who don’t agree with it through their courts. Amazing place!
China is obviously better than america and its not even close, however china is still bad due to revisionism/dengism
You speak as if there’s a “betterness ruler” somewhere we use to measure the “goodness of empires”. It’s not something you measure.
there is indeed a betterness ruler (called common sense) and not every country is an empire
Because they aren’t bombing innocent civilians.
Just putting them by the million into internment camps like we see in Xinjiang…both USA and China can be terrible imperial regimes at the same time!
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Right, and one is declared a genocide by the UN and most international human rights groups, and one is propaganda, lol.
Hmm, hmm…
So, ethnic cleansing?
How can there be ethnic unity if there are 56 officially recognized ethnicities.
While the text of the law doesn’t seem especially egregious, we’ll have to wait and see how it is enforced. The treatment of minorities by China in the past has been fraught with… well imprisonment, torture, and erasure of their communities. Kind of like the US and Canada, but worse and on a bigger scale.
Probably just more of the same, honestly. My biggest concern is this:
and gives Beijing the right to target people outside of its borders that it believes violate its rules.
So, uh, any Chinese national, anywhere in the world, does something they don’t like, they come after you? yeeeeeeah, that’s gonna be a No from me, dog.
So, uh, any Chinese national, anywhere in the world, does something they don’t like, they come after you? yeeeeeeah, that’s gonna be a No from me, dog.
They don’t need to care how you think about it since they run these “110” police stations all over the world. They enforce the rules on Chinese people after they’ve left the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_service_stations
Kind of like the US and Canada, but worse
Not one to defend China, but how is it worse than what happened to the natives of North America? At least up until this point, China hasn’t been outright eradicating entire ethnic groups.
They’ve been going more with the cultural eradication route. Still really bad.
Ah yes, the BBC, which still denies there is a genocide in Gaza. Always trustworthy on genocide, the BBC.
So, because they linked one of the news sites you don’t like, it must be suspect. Or you could look it yourself on one of 50 other sites to get the same info?
Or, you could go directly to the source and look at the UN’s investigations into the matter, or any number of international human rights organizations.
Or you could literally buy a ticket to Xinjiangand go see for yourself. Despite journalists, reporters, and investigators being allowed into Xinjiang, we still have no evidence for genocide. And yet reporters and journalists are still not allowed into Gaza, yet we have overwhelming evidence of genocide.
Just stop and think about that for a second. That’s not suspect to you?
Yes. Literally the cultural eradication that I was talking about.
Really bad. But have you ever actually read about what the Europeans did to native populations? Dark shit, dude… Enough to make you completely lose faith in humanity for the rest of your life.
Not one to defend China
Sounds like you’re just doing a whole lot of whataboutism to me.
Hey look, a Tibetan man just self-immolated in protest of the policies that you’re trying to downplay.
… therefore?
Red China needs a massive implosion to free itself the CCP and PLA run dump.
source: epstien mcdonal institute
It bans acts that “undermine ethnic unity or create ethnic division” among China’s 56 officially recognized ethnicities
Lol. Legal protection for minorities framed as a bad thing.
I think you misread the statement you’re quoting. Can you elaborate on what your take on it was?
My take was “China is banning acts that undermine a general Chinese Ethnic unity or create Ethnic Division (saying one group is different than another, you know, like a cultural pride or language teaching services in their native dialect would be examples)”
Beijing says its new ethnic unity law protects “the legitimate rights and interests of all ethnic groups” and “does not undermine ethnic minorities’ use of their own language.”
When asked about the potential for “long-arm jurisdiction” at a press conference Monday, Vice Minister of Justice Hu Weilie said it aligns with the basic norms of international law for countries to protect their sovereignty.
I read this to mean that the law is in place to do what they can to prevent outside agents from intentionally sewing separatist beliefs, as in outside groups (like maybe the CIA) sending people in that try and break up the unity of the larger Republic of China into smaller groups based on racist or ethic differences.
The statement from Beijing explicitly states it allows the minorities to practice their own language, and the 56 officially recognized minorities are considered part of the Chinese culture under this law, and protects those cultures.
China is constantly being battered on all sides by other agents from outside of their borders attempting to convince small areas to succede or separate from the Republic, and this bill is in place to prevent ethnic division on those grounds.
that’s my reading.
Is the CIA in the room with us right now?
Source: main US propaganda shitposting network…
https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/fl/202603/t20260313_723912.shtml is apparently a source that backs this up. IDK I can’t read it.
Yeah, pretty normal law:
Here’s an English summary of this document — the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, adopted March 12, 2026 by the National People’s Congress, effective July 1, 2026.
Purpose & framing The law aims to strengthen a shared sense of Chinese national/ethnic community identity, promote unity among China’s ethnic groups, and support the “great rejuvenation” of the Chinese nation. It affirms equality of all citizens and ethnic groups before the law and bans discrimination or oppression of any ethnic group, while emphasizing Communist Party leadership over ethnic affairs work.
Structure (7 chapters, 65 articles):
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General Provisions – Legal basis, guiding ideology (Marxism-Leninism through Xi Jinping Thought), core principle of “forging a strong sense of Chinese national community,” and rejection of foreign interference in China’s ethnic affairs.
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Building a Shared Spiritual Home – Promotes patriotic/socialist education, shared cultural symbols, protection of heritage sites, and nationwide promotion of Standard Mandarin Chinese as the primary language in schools and government (while still protecting minority languages). Includes provisions on education curricula, media/propaganda work, family education, and outreach to Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities.
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Promoting Interaction and Integration – Encourages mixed-ethnic communities, cross-regional migration/employment/education exchanges, youth exchange programs, tourism, and regulation of online content — banning material that incites ethnic hatred or discrimination.
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Advancing Shared Prosperity – Focuses on economic development in ethnic minority regions: infrastructure, industry, poverty alleviation, border-area development, public services, and ecological protection.
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Safeguards and Oversight – Assigns responsibilities to government bodies, party organizations, businesses, religious groups, military, and grassroots organizations. Establishes a “Ethnic Unity Progress Publicity Week” (last week of September) and mechanisms for public complaints and prosecutorial public-interest lawsuits.
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Legal Liability – Penalties for officials or organizations that fail to prevent ethnic-unity violations, discrimination (e.g., employment discrimination based on ethnicity), or online violations. Serious violations (terrorism, separatism, religious extremism) are treated as criminal offenses, including for actions by foreign entities targeting China.
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Supplementary Provisions – Allows provincial/local governments to enact supporting local regulations; law takes effect July 1, 2026
CNN propaganda bs confirmed… From a country with 80% black jail population, legal slavery of them, and currently hunting brown people and disappearing their kids at that…
not answering you, but for people having doubts after reading your reply: please translate it yourself because its not just that, there’s 1984 stuff like this inside:
Parents or other guardians of minors shall, in accordance with the law, fulfill their responsibilities for family education, educate and guide minors to love the Communist Party of China
I mean, I don’t know how much are you familiar with the legislation and family and primary education programs in Western countries, but you can find really like just similar items in there that also indoctrinate our kids into loving and believing in the system in which we are functioning currently.
You all sing the anathems of your countries, praise the flags, wear uniforms and are acknowledged with the supposed history that happened and built the nation, you inhabit blah, blah, blah. Like it’s all basic propaganda, like on the same level that you are here quoting from the Chinese state.
But that’s even beyond the discussion of this article, since the article is claiming that there is like a genocidal or discriminatory intent in this legislation, when it’s literally the opposite of that.
And also, there is a very general misinformation about the Han ethnicity in China. The Han ethnicity in China isn’t and never was homogeneous ethnic group, the Han was formed by the integration of other ethnical groups through the history of China, which by the way did it in a voluntary way.
They didn’t genocided other populations like the western, predominantly pink ethnicity, have done in the course of centuries, but they just accepted the addition of the surrounding ethnicities into their own, which did it to gain favor with the richer provinces and kingdoms.
The present Han are mix of dozens of older ethnicities.
And China is currently following the same “tradition”.
What they do not accept on our very strict against are the existence of a technical or cultural group that are proactively trying to divide themselves from the hegemonical or the status quo cultural background that China is trying to project.
And for a good reason, because those groups are the ones that predominantly get undermined and infiltrated by foreign interests and end up creating ethnicities into their own, which did it to gain favor with the ruling classes, which did it to gain a better division and chaos in the regime, which we already have seen happening in other countries including Russia, where the Chechens were used by Saudis and US for that same reason.
Sure, forceful integration in these cases isnt the “cleanest” solution, but its far more effective and human than the discriminatory and alienating policies of the west, that market “diversity and democracy”, only on certain levels, while the top is all pink, male, “judeo-christian”.
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This is a very slanted and obviously biased article. The US official spends BILLIONS on anti-china propaganda. Part of that is cultivating people like Simone McCarthy (who some observers^* say is related to related Joseph McCarthy, the inventor of McCarthyism).
It bans acts that “undermine ethnic unity or create ethnic division”
What, like banning hate speech or race based discrimination? What does it mean?
The state is mandated to support museums, libraries and other cultural institutions to hold events reflecting Chinese history and national prosperity
Horrifiying!
EDIT: China does have problems with racism, so this seems like a perfectly reasonable goal to have.
local authorities must work toward ethnic integration in their housing policies – a stipulation observers suggest
DEI? BUT AT WHAT COST???
Organizations and individuals outside mainland China that “undermine” ethnic unity or “create ethnic division” will also be held liable
Separatism is part of the standard playbook of the CIA / NED for regime change. Generally regimes don’t like being targeted for regime change. Would you?
If you personally have ever been targeted for regime change, please share your experiences below.
the law appears to be a final step in a years-long evolution of Chinese policy to emphasize national identity over ethnic autonomy.
Xi, who came to power in 2012 following widespread 2008 protests in Tibet and deadly unrest in Xinjiang, home to its Uyghur minority.
Yeah there was a little international funded terrorism there. At least China didn’t start multiple imperialist “wars on terror”.
What liberals don’t seem to understand is that the USA spends billions to undermine and foment dissent and chaos in other countries they consider enemies or rivals. This is a real issue other “shithole” countries who don’t bow to US imperialist pressure have to content with. And there are no easy or simple or pretty solutions. It’s easy for the CIA to disseminate lies or hate or nationalism. This CNN article is just adding insult to injury.
The whole idea of “cultural genocide” is ludicrous. The USA has replaced cultures with copies of McDonalds and Starbucks worldwide and their insidious and delicious Hollywood movies. The USA regime does this, and they let capitalism run wild which in the balance of things helps them. They use soft power and push policies like copyright and drug policies and economic ideology and get them adopted globally.
But if any other state tries to create and instill a culture in their population, oh it’s soooo evil! Fucking China bad from CNN. Any mention of “human rights campaigner” has long lost all meaning because most are logically funded by either CIA or plutocrats.
What the Chinese are saying is perfectly reasonable, there is agitation and it’s a problem. But it’s being cast through the lens of “evil regime, evil people” to make it sound ominous.
