The law states that children should be taught Mandarin before kindergarten, until the end of high school.

China has approved a sweeping new law which claims to help promote “ethnic unity” - but critics say it will further erode the rights of minority groups.

On paper, it aims to promote integration among the 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, dominated by the Han Chinese, through education and housing. But critics say it cuts people off from their language and culture.

It mandates that all children should be taught Mandarin before kindergarten and up until the end of high school. Previously students could study most of the curriculum in their native language such as Tibetan, Uyghur or Mongolian.

  • falcunculus@jlai.luEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In China it was the Communists who walked the death march.

    I was unaware communists were an ethnic group. But I guess if their predecessors had a hard time in a civil war 80 years ago it means they can’t be racists now.

    In North America, unlike South America and Tibet or Xinjiang, the people don’t look native. It’s not very similar.

    Ah yes, let’s set state policy based on what people look like.