New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian

A law that could threaten the rights of minority groups is a sign of the direction Xi is taking China.

New legislation will require schools to use Mandarin by default, taking priority over minority ethnic languages such as Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongolian

The law states that children should be taught Mandarin before kindergarten, until the end of high school.