Dharamshala, July 1 -- The political leader (Sikyong) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal to governments, foreign ministries, parliamentarians, think tanks, and non-governmentalorganisations (NGOs) worldwide, calling attention to the People's Republic of China's newly enacted "PromotingEthnic Unity and Progress Law." In his appeal, Tsering says that the law transforms long-standing assimilation policies into legal obligations by mandating Mandarin-medium education, encouraging demographic engineering through mixed communities and intermarriage, expanding state surveillance, and extending China's jurisdiction beyond its borders to target critics and members of the Tibetan diaspora. The law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, passed on March 12, by China's 14th National People's Congress, is set to take effect from July 1.htc...