Known as the "Sea of Death" on land for its shifting dunes and extreme environment where "No one can come out alive once entering," the Taklamakan Desert is China's largest and the world's ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping enshrined in law his vision for a powerful China united around a single national identity, the culmination of a long-running campaign to assimilate the country’s ethnic ...

The law, which was approved at the close of China's legislative meeting on Thursday, has wide-ranging provisions that touch on education, housing policy, entertainment and other areas ...

The law gives legal basis to President Xi's agenda to assimilate minorities into a national identity. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China has passed a new law that consolidates its push to assimilate Uyghurs and members of other ethnic minorities.

Under a new “ethnic unity” law, Mandarin Chinese must now be the language of teaching. Parents must guide their children to love the Communist Party. Neighborhoods should be mixed.

Legal safeguards heed Xi Jinping's call to foster 'shared spiritual home' with an eye on staving off 'domestic friction', analysts say China has passed a new law on ethnic unity, creating a legal ...

Technicians excavate the Nestorian church at the Tangchaodun site in Qitai county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in 2022. [Photo provided to China Daily] At a crossroads of the ancient world, ...

China has approved a sweeping new law which claims to help promote "ethnic unity" - but critics say it will further erode the rights of minority groups. On paper, it aims to promo ...

Chinese official discourse has increasingly used “social governance”  to describe policies in the Uyghur region. This neutral administrative language is reshaping people's perception of repression, ...

Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress set to be passed at the closing session of 14th National People's Congress Hong Kong should step up education on Chinese history and culture while ...

Across Xinjiang's vast grasslands and high plateaus, horses have long been steadfast companions. For centuries, they have carried herders through harsh winters and over steep mountain passes, ...