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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday warned that recent Chinese legislation may lead to repression of ethnic minorities and expand ideological control beyond the country’s borders.
The new legislation prioritizes Mandarin Chinese dominance. Article 15(3) of the law requires that minority language documents be accompanied by Mandarin versions, with clear indication that “national common language” be given “prominence.” Further, the law introduces mandatory ideological education requirements across all sectors of the population. Article 12 empowers state authorities to organize education, ensuring “correct views” of state, history, and religion. Article 20(2) creates legal obligations for parents to educate minors to “love the Chinese Communist Party.”
Maya Wang, associate Asia director at HRW, noted concerns regarding the new law in the statement:
Particularly concerning is the new law’s extraterritorial reach. Article 61 establishes legal accountability for “organizations and individuals outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China” that “undermine national unity.” HRW warned that the provision formalizes China’s transnational repression practices under domestic law. The vague terminology used in the provision may enable arbitrary enforcement against peaceful expressions of cultural identity.
HRW called for international pressure to prevent the law’s passage, arguing it would codify systematic oppression of ethnic minorities while expanding China’s authority to suppress dissent globally.
Sunday’s report marks the latest condemnation of China’s treatment of minority groups. Last month, Amnesty International criticized the lack of accountability for the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western Xinjiang region, noting that nearly three years have passed since a groundbreaking UN report detailed gross violations of international law against the ethnic group. Last year, the European Union expressed concerns regarding the “vulnerable situation” of religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities in China, while citing reports concerning cases of unlawful detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment. In 2023, the US enacted visa restrictions on Chinese officials linked to the alleged systematic assimilation of over a million Tibetan children in state-operated boarding schools.
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The new legislation prioritizes Mandarin Chinese dominance. Article 15(3) of the law requires that minority language documents be accompanied by Mandarin versions, with clear indication that “national common language” be given “prominence.” Further, the law introduces mandatory ideological education requirements across all sectors of the population. Article 12 empowers state authorities to organize education, ensuring “correct views” of state, history, and religion. Article 20(2) creates legal obligations for parents to educate minors to “love the Chinese Communist Party.”
Maya Wang, associate Asia director at HRW, noted concerns regarding the new law in the statement:
The proposed legislation, titled the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, was submitted to the National People’s Congress on September 8. The law fundamentally alters China’s legal framework surrounding minority rights. China currently observes a 1984 law called the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Regional National Autonomy, which guaranteed minorities the right to “use and develop their own spoken and written languages and their freedom to preserve or reform their own folkways and customs.”
Particularly concerning is the new law’s extraterritorial reach. Article 61 establishes legal accountability for “organizations and individuals outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China” that “undermine national unity.” HRW warned that the provision formalizes China’s transnational repression practices under domestic law. The vague terminology used in the provision may enable arbitrary enforcement against peaceful expressions of cultural identity.
HRW called for international pressure to prevent the law’s passage, arguing it would codify systematic oppression of ethnic minorities while expanding China’s authority to suppress dissent globally.
Sunday’s report marks the latest condemnation of China’s treatment of minority groups. Last month, Amnesty International criticized the lack of accountability for the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the western Xinjiang region, noting that nearly three years have passed since a groundbreaking UN report detailed gross violations of international law against the ethnic group. Last year, the European Union expressed concerns regarding the “vulnerable situation” of religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities in China, while citing reports concerning cases of unlawful detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment. In 2023, the US enacted visa restrictions on Chinese officials linked to the alleged systematic assimilation of over a million Tibetan children in state-operated boarding schools.
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