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Chinese Muslim region adopts law on national unity

Originally Published by The Washington Post, 31 December 2009

BEIJING — The government of a restive Chinese Muslim region rocked recently by ethnic strife said Thursday it has adopted what appeared to be a sweeping law barring the spread of views deemed to threaten national unity.

The far-western, predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang said on its Web site that the vaguely described law on “education for ethnic unity in Xinjiang” was adopted Tuesday at a local legislature session and would take effect in February.

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