China analysts warn that Beijing could exploit a new law, passed at the regime’s recent Two Sessions annual political meeting, to assimilate ethnic minorities, intimidate Taiwan, and escalate transnational repression against exiled dissidents.
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), a ceremonial rubber-stamp legislature, passed a law on March 12 stipulating that Mandarin—the country’s designated national common language—be used for education and teaching at all schools and educational institutions nationwide.
The NPC has never rejected an item on its agenda.
While Han Chinese comprise over 90 percent of China’s population, the 55 officially recognized minority ethnic groups possess millennia-old cultures, dialects, and languages….
Beijing May Exploit New Law to Increase Repression, Intimidate Taiwan: Analysts
