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Government scrapping affirmative action for minorities

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The SCMP reports that the government is rolling back preferential education and tax policies for ethnic minorities.
Some context:

“[For years] Han Chinese have increasingly complained about what they see as unfair benefits and subsidies handed out to minorities.”

An example of Han resentment:

“Th...