Editing Forced assimilation (section)

===East Asia===
In [[Japan]] and [[Korea]], as each country stated themselves as a single-nation country, ethnic minorities had to hide their national identity for centuries, and many resulted in assimilation, migrants of [[Peninsular Japonic]] and [[Tungusic peoples]] in Korea.

[[Ainu people|Ainu]] and [[Ryukyuan people]] in Japan were subject to forced assimilation.{{sfn|Danver|2015|pp=189, 230}}{{sfn|Embrick|Rodríguez|Sáenz|2015|p=226}}

[[Thailand]] sought to assimilate its many [[Thai Chinese|Chinese immigrants]] by only granting Thai citizenship if they renounced all loyalty to China, learned to speak Thai, changed their names, and sent their children to Thai schools.<ref>Baker, Chris and Pasuk Phongpaichit. ''A History of Thailand: Third Edition'', Cambridge UP, 2014, p. 130.</ref>

During the [[Cambodian genocide]], [[Cham Muslims]] [[Cambodian genocide#Cham Muslims|were persecuted]] by the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime, first through forced assimilation, but later through direct violence (mass killing, raiding and destroying their villages).<ref>{{cite book |last=Bartrop |first=Paul R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unhXEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |title=Cambodian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide |date=2022 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1-4408-7653-0 |page=25}}</ref>

====China====
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At least one million members of [[Islam in China|China's Muslim]] [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] minority have been detained in [[Xinjiang re-education camps|mass detention camps]] in [[Xinjiang]], termed "[[Re-education through labor|reeducation camps]]", aimed at changing the political thinking of detainees, their identities, and their religious beliefs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin-Furman |first=Kate |title=China Has Chosen Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang—For Now |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/19/china-has-chosen-cultural-genocide-in-xinjiang-for-now/ |access-date=2018-09-20 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en}}</ref> Approximately one million [[Tibetans|Tibetan]] minority children are experiencing the impacts of Chinese government policies designed to assimilate Tibetan people culturally, religiously, and linguistically, primarily through a residential school system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133212 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=news.un.org |language=en}}</ref>