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Xi Jinping calls emergency audit of Chinese assimilation policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 20 August 2025.
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 20 August 2025. © Yan Yan/Xinhua via AFP
Cracks are starting to show in the facade of the ethnic unity proclaimed by the Chinese president. From mistrust of the Hong Kong political establishment to the violent suppression of riots in Tibet, Beijing's model of forced assimilation is showing its limits. [...]
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