Protests against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over its bilingual education plan — allegedly an effort to eradicate the Mongolian language in China — continued on Tuesday after weeks of tension and intense political scrutiny that saw the arrests of more than 5,000 Mongolians.
The Chinese government has arrested hundreds of people in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region for protesting the implementation of a new language policy which locals fear is a means to eradicate their language and replace it with standard Chinese.
Thousands of ethnic Mongolians across northern China are protesting a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mandate to end Mongolian-language teaching in primary schools, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Monday.
Exactly four weeks after an outbreak of the deadly and highly transmissible bubonic plague in China was described as being “well managed” by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and really no cause for concern, Beijing confirmed Tuesday further casualties from the surge in infections.
An outbreak of the deadly and highly transmissible bubonic plague in China is being “well managed” by Beijing and is really no cause for alarm, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) said Tuesday.
Amid frantic attempts to contain the coronavirus, Mongolia closed its border to China while Hong Kong and Malaysia banned visitors from the province from which the Wuhan virus originated.
The CDC says it is considering expanding screening for travel to the U.S. New York officials say infection is inevitable
Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa symbolically gifted a horse to President Donald Trump’s son Barron on Wednesday. Mongolia has a tradition of gifting the symbolic horses to foreign dignitaries.
Nine tourists were left stranded in a remote region of Mongolia after an unidentified local couple died from the bubonic plague.
Mongolians enraged by multiple corruption scandals filled the streets of the capital to protest on Thursday even though temperatures fell below zero degrees Fahrenheit.
The Washington Post brings up an embarrassing little detail that may need to be cleared up before the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un can take place: Kim may not have an airplane capable of crossing the Pacific to attend a meeting in Europe, at least not without an embarrassing number of refueling stops.
Contents: General warns of US security danger if China acquires Djibouti seaport; China continues influence through ‘debt trap’ policies
Contents: Mongolia elects new president after highly nationalistic anti-China campaign; India to help construct Mongolia’s first oil refinery; Brief generational history of Mongolia
Contents: Mongolia’s herders faces a ‘dzud’ weather catastrophe; China punishes Mongolia for Dalai Lama visit during financial crisis
Local Chinese governments on the border with Mongolia have imposed new fees on companies exporting minerals from Mongolia into China, a move that closely follows Mongolia’s warm welcome of Dalai Lama.
Contents: Mongolia in economic crisis asks the IMF for a bailout; Mongolia signs new mining deal with Rio Tinto for future growth
No, it is not a story borrowed from one of Nicolas Cage’s “National Treasure” films, although it does appear the actor discovered a special appreciation for rare artifacts while working on the Disney franchise.
