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China Defends Widely Criticized ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- China has launched a propaganda campaign, including robots, publicity events, and speeches, to promote a new "ethnic unity" law aimed at combating perceived threats to national unity from ethnic minorities like Tibetans and Uyghurs.
- The law grants Beijing broad powers to target individuals and groups overseas accused of inciting ethnic division, raising fears of extradition or forced repatriation of activists abroad.
- Since the law's enactment, Tibetan and Uyghur activists have protested in cities such as Washington and Brussels, with one Tibetan activist dying after self-immolation outside the UN headquarters in New York.
- Human rights organizations, Western governments, and U.S. lawmakers have condemned the law, while Chinese officials reject these criticisms, labeling them as distorted interpretations and malicious slander by Western media and governments.
