China to launch first publicity week under its new ‘Ethnic unity’ law on Sep 21

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(TibetanReview.net, Sep16’26) – China is to showcase the progress it has made in the implementation of its so-called Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law in the first annual event be held under it on Sep 21. The activities will range from youth exchanges and legal education to exhibitions and public events in major cities, reported China’s Party mouthpiece globaltimes.cn Sep 16. The law and its coercive provisions have been widely criticised or condemned internationally, including at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, as a tool for forced assimilation of non-Han ethnic groups in the People’s Republic of China.

The law formally came into force on Jul 1, 2026, although its provisions hav...

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