China enacts the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, which extends prosecution to critics overseas and mandates Mandarin in public schools.Article 63 authorizes action against individuals and organizations abroad, prompting fear among Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongol diaspora and following the detention of Zhang Yadi after online posts.The
United Nations and the
European Parliament condemn the law and European lawmakers press Germany and the
EU for countermeasures, while
Xi Jinping's government defends the statute as necessary for national security and social harmony.