Cindʎ Xiao 🍉

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-_tO-agcvR3usl5DZvWi0Zw%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0

This is not just about forced language assimilation, it is also providing the basis for complete cultural erasure, forced detention, and mass internment, far beyond what has already been happening in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and Tibet

"The law also provides a legal basis to prosecute parents or guardians who may instil what it described as "detrimental" views in children which would affect ethnic harmony and it calls for "mutually embedded community environments" which some analysts believe could result in the break up of minority-heavy neighbourhoods."

The "we are 56 ethnicities all living in harmony" image that China tries to project to the world has been a lie for a long time

Mar 13 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadquixoteMar 14
@cxiao Thanks for posting this. In a world going hogwild for monsters, China is the most civilized-looking and the worst of the lot.
Show threadBellamyMar 14
@cxiao In the past, we faced the same situation in Taiwan. My mother tongue is Taiwanese, but I cannot say that I master it.
Show threadCindʎ Xiao 🍉Mar 14
@bellamy Yes! The decades of suppression of Taiwanese is very sad. I hope that the language revitalization efforts in Taiwan can accelerate.