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China has developed a network-mapping project targeting political figures and parties in Taiwan to monitor public opinion during elections and to craft tailored influence campaigns aimed at dividing T...

Click to expand Image A person standing before an image of the Chinese national flag in Beijing, October 23, 2017. © 2017 Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – The Chinese government’s proposed law to combat cybercrime extends far...

Chinese police authorities tortured a young Tibetan Buddhist monk so severely that he died in custody before returning his body to his monastery... Source

Trump insisted that he maintained a "very good relationship" with China and was not trying to play games by postponing the highly anticipated trip to the rival superpower.

Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, July 16, 2024. © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo The United Nations will hold elections in April for the 19 members of the UN Committee on...

Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Former Munich Security Conference Chair Christoph Heusgen has urged global democracies to stand united to preserve the rules-based international order, given the challenges posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Taiwan and the...

The newly approved statute institutionalizes the CCP’s harsh attitude toward minorities and their languages and cultures. The post Breaking Lineage, Breaking Roots:China’s New Law on Ethnic Unity first appeared on Bitter Winter.

An article published in the Dec. 12, 1949, edition of the Central Daily News (中央日報) bore a headline with the intimidating phrase: “You Cannot Escape.” The article was about the execution of seven “com...

Human rights groups yesterday condemned the harassment of people who rallied to support the religious freedom of Tibetans, saying that it was typical transnational repression by China, not a mere dist...

China’s latest draft law on “promoting ethnic unity and progress” is presented as a benign effort to improve cohesion among its 56 recognized ethnic groups. In reality, it codifies assimilationist pol...

Speaking in a radio interview with Fox News, Trump said, “I think he might be helping them a bit, yeah.”

The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, signed into law by Chinese President Xi Jinping, will come into effect July 1, 2026. It will allow the communist government to legally pursue sinicisation, the systemic process of aligning religious beliefs,...

This time, Beijing lost. But in other cases, including Shen Yun’s, theaters surrendered to Chinese pressure. The post The Battle of Strasbourg: China Tries Unsuccessfully to Stop a Taiwanese Theater Production first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China yesterday passed a law on a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups, a move critics say would further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han Chine...

China is amending its laws to weaken ethnic identities, including Tibetan language and culture. 

Rooted in the Buddhist teaching of the bardo − states of ‘in-between’ − the text offers a way to understand death, life and transformation as deeply intertwined.

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

China was set to approve Thursday what it called an “ethnic unity” law, which rights advocates warn could further marginalise minority groups like the Uyghurs. The draft law, set to be passed by the National People’s Congress, would formalise...

Over the past 21 years, Village Ways has been leading low-impact tours of remote communities in the foothills of the Himalayas, supporting traditional ways of life and offering a rare glimpse of pristine landscapes and wildlifeKathdhara village is a...

March 12, 2026 Contact: Lhadon Tethong  I  lhadon@tibetaction.net  I  +1 917 418 4181 Statement on the Passage of China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” Boston – Today the Chinese government’s rubber-stamp parliament approved the new “Law on Promoting Ethnic...

Contact: Lhadon Tethong  I  lhadon@tibetaction.net  I  +1 917 418 4181 Statement on the Passage of China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” Boston – Today the Chinese government’s rubber-stamp parliament approved the new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,”...

China is expected to approve a sweeping “ethnic unity” law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and MongolianChina’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the state legislature, will vote on Thursday on a suite of new laws...

Sixty-seven years after the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Tibetans across the world continue to march, protest and speak out to keep their cause alive. But activists and rights advocates warn that global awareness of conditions inside Tibet remains limited, even...