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Beijing says targeting people abroad under ethnic unity law is ‘necessary’
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China has asserted the right to pursue people outside its borders who violate its new ethnic unity law, with a senior official saying the overseas provision is consistent with international practice and legally sound.
Key facts
- The law, passed in March and taking effect on July 1, establishes a framework for building a shared national identity among China’s 55 recognised ethnic minority groups, including Tibetans and Uyghurs.
- China has asserted the right to pursue people outside its borders who violate its new ethnic unity law, with a senior official saying the overseas provision is consistent with international practice and legally sound.
- Reuters first reported that a clause within the law states that individuals and groups outside the People’s Republic of China can be held legally accountable for undermining “ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism.”
- The provision has drawn concern in Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, over whether it could give Beijing an additional legal basis to pursue people it regards as separatists.
Summary
The law, passed in March and taking effect on July 1, establishes a framework for building a shared national identity among China’s 55 recognised ethnic minority groups, including Tibetans and Uyghurs.
Reuters first reported that a clause within the law states that individuals and groups outside the People’s Republic of China can be held legally accountable for undermining “ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism.”