From AP:
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.
Nearly 200 people died according to official count in violent ethnic riots that erupted in July between the Muslim Uighurs and the ethnic majority Han Chinese in the oil-rich region that abuts Pakistan and Central Asia. China blames the rioting on overseas-based groups agitating for greater Uighur rights in Xinjiang, but has presented no direct evidence.
