This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper addresses the significance of conciliatory language policies in defusing ethnic tension, especially between indigenous Kazakhs and ...

During the recently concluded “Two Sessions” annual legislative meetings, the National People’s Congress (NPC) passed a new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” that many scholars and ...

BEIJING – China passed a law on a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups on March 12. Critics say the move will further erode the identity of people who are not ...

The unique languages of many indigenous and ethnic minority peoples across Southeast Asia will soon go extinct unless efforts are stepped up to save them, senior United Nations officials have warned.

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations offers degree programs in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, and Korean; by its very existence, it brings global diversity to the curriculum and ...