China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights.

China has passed a new law promoting ethnic unity and national identity, formalizing policies on integration and development in minority regions.

BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China passed a law on a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority ...

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

Under a new “ethnic unity” law, Mandarin Chinese must now be the language of teaching. Parents must guide their children to love the Communist Party. Neighborhoods should be mixed.

A new Chinese law on ethnic unity could give Beijing another legal basis to go after Taiwanese it views as separatists given ...

China's National People's Congress on Thursday adopted a new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, a measure state officials say will strengthen national cohesion but critics argue will ...

China's ethnic law builds on policies initiated many years ago concerning language, marriages, education and loyalty to the state. We explain what it sets out to do.

China passed a new ‘Ethnic Unity Law' requiring Mandarin in schools, promoting assimilation of minorities, and allowing ...

Ancient ritual sees birds battered to death with a hammer then thrown out of the home; in offshoot custom, boiled egg yolk can determine luck.

China has passed a new law promoting a 'shared' national identity among ethnic minorities, emphasizing Mandarin and national ...

BEIJING — China is moving to approve a sweeping law to promote what it calls “ethnic unity,” a measure that critics say would ...