Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, March 14: Advocacy and activist group, Tibet Action Institute (TAI), known for exposing China’s residential boarding school system in Tibet, has strongly condemned the passage of China’s new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” warning that the legislation formalizes policies aimed at erasing Tibetan identity.
China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress ...
The strongest version of this narrative centers on the argument that China’s new ethnic unity law institutionalizes forced assimilation, drawing on documented policies like residential boarding schools and language suppression. The TAI’s framing gains credibility from the UN rapporteur’s report, which explicitly links these policies to potential genocide—a serious charge that elevates the stakes. The law’s provisions, such as mandating Mandarin and mixed communities, are presented as evidence of...
