Taiwan Officials Warn CCP’s New Ethnic Unity Law ‘Legalizes Transnational Repression’

China’s ethnic unity law sparks fears of cross-border repression targeting Taiwan

Taiwanese officials and academics have warned that China's new Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law enables transnational repression. Its extraterritorial provisions target individuals globally for criticising Beijing's sovereignty claims or human rights abuses, putting Taiwanese citizens, foreign journalists, and international politicians at severe legal risk.

Taiwan will strengthen protection of nationals in wake of China ethnic unity law: Cho

Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said Wednesday that China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress seeks to eliminate the sovereignty of the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name, and the Taiwanese government will redouble efforts to protect its citizens.

What Beijing hopes to achieve with new ethnic unity law that targets people overseas

A new Chinese law that pledges to hold overseas individuals and organisations responsible for undermining ethnic unity is mainly intended to have a “deterrent effect”, according to analysts. The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was passed in March and is set to take effect next month, with Article 63 at the heart of the controversy about targeting people outside China. The law provides a new framework which analysts said was designed to counter Western ideological influence and provide...

China Moves on Taiwan – Ethnic Unity Law

China has now openly declared that it believes it has the legal right to pursue people beyond its own borders under its new Ethnic Unity Law, which takes effect on July 1. Beijing insists the law is “legitimate, lawful, necessary, and feasible,” and argues that every nation has the right to suppress separatism. The legislation []

China’s Ethnic Unity Law Sparks Concerns Over Extraterritorial Reach

A law passed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March this year, the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, is set to take effect on July 1. Article 63, an “extraterritorial application” provision, extends the law to organizations and individuals outside China. Under the provision, overseas organizations or individuals deemed to have “undermined []