For Tibetans, China’s ethnic minorities law is assimilation dressed up as ‘unity’
Daily Maverick | 28.08.2026 05:04
The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress did not appear out of nowhere. Researchers tracking Chinese ethnic policy have traced its core ideas back to pilot regulations first imposed in the Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan-populated prefectures of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai, beginning in about 2009 – in the aftermath of the 2008 uprising that swept the Tibetan plateau. What started as a regional experiment has now become national law.
