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America Must Fight China’s Cultural Genocide

David Sauer | Jul 25, 2026 

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On July 1, 2026, China's new "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" went into effect after being passed by the National People's Congress.

The name makes George Orwell's Ministry of Peace sound accurate. In truth, the law has nothing to do with unity or progress and everything to do with stamping out anyone who doesn't agree with Chinese totalitarianism.

Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, having forced the entire Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to conform to his vision, now seeks that same conformity across China. This law would erase Uighurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Macanese, Christians, and others who only want to preserve their cultural heritage. Its focus is on melting subnational ethnic identities into a state-defined national identity.

Article 63 of the law is particularly troubling. It proclaims that individuals and organizations outside of China—even in the U.S.—can be held legally accountable if they commit acts that "undermine ethnic unity" or "create ethnic division." It's not hard to imagine China using this to try to conduct extraterritorial "law enforcement operations" to kidnap dissidents, as they did during their "Fox Hunt" operations.

Article 20 of the law holds Chinese parents legally accountable to raise children to love the CCP. It also lets the state punish parents who instill values that are detrimental to social harmony.

Washington right now sees China chiefly as an economic and military rival. The "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" reminds us that this contest isn't just economic but ideological. China wants nothing less than to replace American values of liberty and pluralism with a chilling monolith where everyone must think the same so the CCP can remain in power.

In the past, Americans had a better grasp of this ideological dimension. Stories about China's brutal treatment of its Uighur ethnic minority made front-page news while its attempts to bully "South Park" and the NBA met massive condemnation online.

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