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I mean I know western media outlets never tried to hide their bias, but this is like bingo night. Let's see how many hits we get:

Use of the word sweeping:

"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."

Use of the word rubber-stamp:

"The law was approved on Thursday as the annual rubber-stamp parliamentary session drew to an end."

So-called expert using emotionally charged language:

"The law is consistent with a dramatic recent policy shift, to suppress the ethnic diversity formally recognised since 1949," Magnus Fiskesjö, an associate professor of anthropology at Cornell University said in a university report.

"The children of the next generation are now isolated and brutally forced to forget their own language and culture."

Again use of absolute language:

"The law was voted and passed on Thursday at the National People's Congress in Beijing, which has never rejected an item on its agenda."

Suspicious anonymous monk quotes:

When the BBC visited a monastery that had been at heart of Tibetan resistance in July last year, monks spoke of living under fear and intimidation.

"We Tibetans are denied basic human rights. The Chinese government continues to oppress and persecute us. It is not a government that serves the people," one of them told us.

Again some no-name "professor of government", lmao i mean truly bottom of the barrel:

"The Communist Party says it embraces different ethnicities. The country's constitution states that "each ethnicity has the right to use and develop their own language" and "have the right to self-rule".

But critics believe this new law will cement Xi's push toward assimilation.

"The law makes it clearer than ever that in Xi Jinping's PRC non-Han peoples must do more to integrate themselves with the Han majority, and above all else be loyal to Beijing," Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government at Cornell University said, referencing China by the initials of its official name.

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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So disappointing, tbh. It's a massive step backwards. I hope they at least keep teaching people their languages, even if it's not the general language of instruction.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They will indeed still teach their native touch as a dedicated subject

A few years back the BBC liked to report on this exact thing causing protests in Tibet and Inner Mongolia, then it only pertained to high schools iirc. So either these were regional policies that are now being enshrined in national law or back then it was just an announcement and they're only now actually switching.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 0 points 1 day ago

Bit disappointing but I don't know the precise circumstances. Critical support as always to the CPC:)