Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Tuesday called on the international community to take a unified stance against China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, promulgated last month. "Last month, China implemented the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, ignoring international opposition," Lai said at the opening of the 10th Ketagalan Forum. "I want to emphasize that China's ethnic unity law infringes upon Taiwan's sovereignty, and persecutes religions and minority groups," Lai said. It also states that individuals or organizations, whether inside or outside China, that undermine ethnic unity or promote ethnic division can be held legally liable, without clearly defining what kinds of groups or conduct fall under those categories. The law uses "transnational repression" to impose political censorship "in all parts of the world," creating a "chilling effect," Lai said, calling for coordinated international resistance to the measure.