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The CCP’s Assimilation Policy Means Cultural Genocide

The dirty little secret of the Chinese regime’s ‘Great Rejuvenation.’
The CCP’s Assimilation Policy Means Cultural Genocide
A paramilitary soldier on patrol marches past a crowd gathered in front of a replica of Tibet's most revered landmark Potala Palace, built as an attraction on Tiananmen Square for the National Day holidays, in Beijing on Sept. 26, 2006. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
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Forced assimilation into the dominant Han culture in China has been an on-again-off-again practice for centuries. To the Han Chinese who control the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Han culture is Chinese culture, and forced assimilation is a means of achieving national unity and enhancing domestic security and control of all Chinese people.

Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
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