TAIPEI, Taiwan—China’s sweeping new law on “ethnic unity” went into effect on July 1, a move a Taiwanese scholar says is part of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s effort to lay the political groundwork for extending his rule beyond 2027.
Fan Shih-ping, a professor at National Taiwan Normal University’s Graduate Institute of Political Science, made the remarks during a July 1 forum hosted by the Asia-Pacific Elite Interchange Association that focused on the law and its implications.
Officially called the “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress Law,” it provides a legal basis for advancing a Beijing-defined “shared” national identity and bans acts that “undermine ethnic unity” or “incite ethnic divisions.” …
China’s Xi Using Ethnic Unity Law to Build Legitimacy for Continued Rule, Taiwan Scholar Says
