China's ethnic unity law targets external threats to national cohesion

China's Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy includes an extraterritorial clause, Article 63, which targets individuals and organizations outside China that undermine ethnic unity or create division. This provision does not create new offenses or penalties but refers cases to existing laws, primarily the criminal code. The law's preamble emphasizes unity and national rejuvenation, and its authority stems from Article 4 of China's constitution, which prohibits acts undermining ethnic group unity. AI

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• Article 4 of China's constitution
• Article 8 of China's Criminal Law
• China
• criminal law
• Global Magnitsky Act
• Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy

• policy

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