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China has a right to target people outside of its borders who contravene its new law on ethnic unity, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding that this was in line with international practice, and was legal and ‌necessary.

China passed the law in March to create a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups, which include Tibetans and Uyghurs, some of whom chafe under Chinese rule and have over the years often staged protests, some of them violent.

The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, includes a clause saying people and groups beyond ⁠the borders of the People’s Republic of China can be held legally accountable for undermining “ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism”.

  • REDACTED@infosec.pub
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    5 days ago

    This is idiotic. If I ran away from China, I want nothing to do with it. You forcing me into acting how you want me to act (or whatever this is) is going to create people who didn’t just leave, but now actively hate you, likely creating even more problems.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Ouch, this is a HUGE warning sign to not visit China.
    Because apparently you can get arrested for something you said before your visit.
    This reeks of thought police.

    How about just having regulation against discrimination like normal countries have?

  • Seppo@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Chinese citizens and people with relatives who are Chinese citizens are a security risk and should not be allowed anywhere close to universities or government jobs.