China's New Law: Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress

0:00This is Cory, and here's what's making news across the globe right now. China is set to pass a new law called Promoting Ethnic Unity in Progress this Thursday at the close of its National People's Congress meeting. The measure pushes for a shared national identity across the country's 56 recognized ethnic groups with the Chinese Communist Party at the first. Censor. Critics worry it will weaken the cultures of non-Hon minorities and label challengers as separatists. The law focuses on blending groups through education, housing, migration, community activities, culture, tourism, and economic policies. It requires Mandarin as the main school language and gives a priority in public alongside minority tongues. Religion must follow a process of cynicization and it bans blocking marriages based on ethnicity or faith to encourage mixing. One Chinese make up over 91% of China's 1.4 billion people, while the other groups live on about half the land, often in.

1:00Resource rich areas like those of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Huai, and Manchuse. Experts see this as a clear push for minorities to assimilate more with the Han majority and stay loyal to Beijing. It ties ethnic issues into broader governance, stressing anti-separatism, border security, instability, even holding outsiders accountable for, stirring division. State media calls the law balanced after wide consultations, saying it safeguards traditions and lifestyles while boosting development. Officials insist no one has to pick between progress and culture. The Daily News Now is made possible with support from our sponsor. Your bedtime ritual just got better. Wilton Sound, Wilton Comfort, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com