Hard-pressed to find a new angle to smear China, the west only exposes its own troubled past

It comes as no surprise that, following the formal adoption of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress （the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law）during the annual Two Sessions of 2026, the usual malicious overseas actors have once again rehashed their well-worn slanderous narratives against China’s efforts to advance ethnic unity.

Allegations of “forced labor,” “human rights abuses”, “cultural genocide”, “forced assimilation,” and “religious repression” have resurfaced with little originality.

After years of tangible progress in promoting ethnic harmony, such claims have been thoroughly debunked by the realities on the ground. ...