China Rolls Out New Rules in Xinjiang to Promote Ethnic Integration
- China's Xinjiang region implementing first rules to encourage ethnic groups to mix more
- Part of President Xi's goal to promote one unified "Chinese nation" identity
- Measures include promoting mixed housing and more shared public spaces
- Rules warn officials to follow policies or face punishment
- Ili prefecture one of China's most diverse areas ethnically with Kazakh and Uyghur communities