China’s New “Ethnic Unity” Regulations and the Future of Tibetan Identity: A Critical Examination of Cultural Assimilation, Language Policy, and State Power in Tibet

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OPINION

Gyaltsen Choedak* says China’s Regulations on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came into force on Jul 1, symbolize an ongoing struggle over language, memory, culture, and identity, with China being bent on erasing them all in this latest Sinicizaion move but that the survival of Tibetan identity still rests on the determination of Tibetans themselves to safeguard the heritage that defines them.

Introduction

On July 1, 2026, the Chinese government officially implemented the Regulations on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, a nationwide legal framework presented as a measure to strengthen social cohesion and national integration among Chi...

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