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Experts say the new provision would be a setback for the identity of ethnic minorities because it would mandate using Mandarin Chinese in compulsory education, among other things.

The law gives legal basis to President Xi's agenda to assimilate minorities into a national identity. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.