Ethnic Minority Rights
According to the Assoicated Press (AP), Chinese government sources have confirmed the outbreak of ethnic rioting between Chinese Muslims (Hui) and Han Chinese in the central Chinese province of Henan over the past few days. Accounts differ as to the causes of the rioting, which appear to have originated as small-scale disputes between a few individuals which escalated as larger groups of Han and Hui took sides in the conflict. According to the AP, official reports place the number of deaths at seven, and confirm the imposition of martial law in the areas wracked by rioting. Government accounts as to total deaths differ from those provide by a New York Times report, which placed the total deaths at 150, including police forces sent in to maintain order. No coverage of these developments has been observed in the Chinese media.
This article describes family planning activities in Tujia and Miao Nationality Autonomous Regions in Guizhou Province. The reporter describes family planning personnel visiting households that have produced out-of-plan births, collecting fines, and "educating the masses" by publicizing the Family Planning Law. A photograph of minority villagers and family planning personnel organizing a "joint court" in a stockade outside the village accompanies the article.
The article illustrates that birth control policies are in fact being implemented in minority areas, as specified under Article 18 of the 2001 Population and Family Planning Law.
The following text was retrieved from the Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Ethnicity and Religion Web site on December 3, 2012.
The following is a translation prepared by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China of the "People's Republic of China Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law," issued by the Second Session of the Sixth National People’s Congress on May 31, 1984 (effective October 1, 1984) and amended in accordance with the “Decision on Revising the People’s Republic of China Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law” made at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress on February 28, 2001. The Chinese text was retrieved from the Law-Lib's Web site on February 14, 2006.