In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan
In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan
China /  Politics

From Xinjiang to Ningxia, China’s ethnic groups face end to affirmative action in education, taxes, policing

  • Preferential policies – seen by Han Chinese as giving ethnic minorities unfair benefits – are changing
  • Police crackdown on those who abuse the law may also be on the way, as campaigns stressing national identity are expanded

Topic |   China’s Communist Party
Mimi Lau
Mimi Lau

Updated: 5:52pm, 5 Dec, 2019

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In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan
In China, ethnic minority affairs have been at the centre of heated and controversial debates. Photo: Tessa Chan
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