>A newly proposed law in [China](https://www.hrw.org/asia/china-and-tibet) would provide a broad legal framework to justify existing repression and force assimilation of minority populations throughout the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Once passed, the law could be used to facilitate intensifying ideological controls, target ethnic and religious minorities including by erasing minority language rights, and foster control beyond China’s borders.
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>The draft law prescribes a rigid and uniform ideological framework for China. In its preamble, it asserts an unbroken historical continuity of the modern People’s Republic of China, established in 1949, as “a civilization with a history of over 5,000 years” that has forged “a unified multi-ethnic nation” under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Xi Jinping has increasingly emphasized this narrative and these specific phrases while adopting [ethnic policies](https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-ethnic-policy-under-xi-jinping/) characterized by forced assimilation.
>The draft law formalizes the ideological framework of “a common consciousness of the Chinese nation” in such areas as education, religion, history, culture, tourism, mass media, and the internet. For example, article 14 directs that authorities “establish and highlight … Chinese cultural symbols” in public facilities, architecture, and tourist sites, including when naming places.
>It also directs integrating such ideology into urban and rural planning and economic development, such as housing policies that promote “ethnic unity” (article 23), and when protecting China’s security, such as food and border security (article 34). Additionally, article 40 says the authorities should “promote the transformation of customs and habits” ensuring “civilization and progress” when it comes to marriage, and prevent anyone from obstructing marriages on ethnic or religious grounds.
>While ethnic affairs have traditionally been the responsibility of the CCP’s United Front Work Department, which in recent years has grown in authority, article 12 of the draft law mobilizes the state to “organize education” to “guide people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish correct views of the state, of history, of the nation, of culture and of religion.” Article 44 would also mobilize “enterprises and public institutions,” including industry associations, foundations, and religious institutions that have increasingly come under party control, to promote the CCP’s ideology.
>Under article 20(2), parents and guardians would be required to “educate and guide minors to love the Chinese Communist Party,” and “establish the concept that all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation are one family and shall not teach minors concepts detrimental to ethnic unity and progress.”
>The draft law prohibit acts that “damage ethnic unity,” an overly broad label the government has long abused to punish minority community members deemed noncompliant with party policies.
fuggitdude22 on
Disturbing fact, Xi Jinping and Shohrat Zakir were dumped into cult-camps during the “Cultural Revolution”….
Some_Niche_Reference on
And yet, Leftists in the United States will insist that Xi is the leader of an anti fascist bloc.
SteveFoerster on
Waiting for all the people who habitually rail against colonialism and imperialism to strongly come out against this.
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>A newly proposed law in [China](https://www.hrw.org/asia/china-and-tibet) would provide a broad legal framework to justify existing repression and force assimilation of minority populations throughout the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. Once passed, the law could be used to facilitate intensifying ideological controls, target ethnic and religious minorities including by erasing minority language rights, and foster control beyond China’s borders.
>[…]
>The draft law prescribes a rigid and uniform ideological framework for China. In its preamble, it asserts an unbroken historical continuity of the modern People’s Republic of China, established in 1949, as “a civilization with a history of over 5,000 years” that has forged “a unified multi-ethnic nation” under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Xi Jinping has increasingly emphasized this narrative and these specific phrases while adopting [ethnic policies](https://jamestown.org/program/chinas-ethnic-policy-under-xi-jinping/) characterized by forced assimilation.
>The draft law formalizes the ideological framework of “a common consciousness of the Chinese nation” in such areas as education, religion, history, culture, tourism, mass media, and the internet. For example, article 14 directs that authorities “establish and highlight … Chinese cultural symbols” in public facilities, architecture, and tourist sites, including when naming places.
>It also directs integrating such ideology into urban and rural planning and economic development, such as housing policies that promote “ethnic unity” (article 23), and when protecting China’s security, such as food and border security (article 34). Additionally, article 40 says the authorities should “promote the transformation of customs and habits” ensuring “civilization and progress” when it comes to marriage, and prevent anyone from obstructing marriages on ethnic or religious grounds.
>While ethnic affairs have traditionally been the responsibility of the CCP’s United Front Work Department, which in recent years has grown in authority, article 12 of the draft law mobilizes the state to “organize education” to “guide people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish correct views of the state, of history, of the nation, of culture and of religion.” Article 44 would also mobilize “enterprises and public institutions,” including industry associations, foundations, and religious institutions that have increasingly come under party control, to promote the CCP’s ideology.
>Under article 20(2), parents and guardians would be required to “educate and guide minors to love the Chinese Communist Party,” and “establish the concept that all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation are one family and shall not teach minors concepts detrimental to ethnic unity and progress.”
>The draft law prohibit acts that “damage ethnic unity,” an overly broad label the government has long abused to punish minority community members deemed noncompliant with party policies.
Disturbing fact, Xi Jinping and Shohrat Zakir were dumped into cult-camps during the “Cultural Revolution”….
And yet, Leftists in the United States will insist that Xi is the leader of an anti fascist bloc.
Waiting for all the people who habitually rail against colonialism and imperialism to strongly come out against this.