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".
9 Comments
Honse@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 47 pts · 72d
Yikes. Authoritarians gonna authoritarian
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 45 pts · 72d
Alright, tankies. Explain how this isn’t colonialism.
viridian7@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 72d
Even if they could read, I don’t think they would be able to
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 72d
Is the Westworld reference too dated? I don't care, I'm using it anyway
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 72d
"...but the West does bad"
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 72d
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?
pycorax@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 72d
Sorry, what international practice?
REDACTED@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 71d
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.
Seppo@sopuli.xyz · -20 pts · 72d
nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 72d
Username checks out.
Pull ya head in, cunt.