Mongolia
Mongolia’s wrestling culture: From the grasslands to the cage
“When you’re little, they make you wrestle sheep. When you get older you wrestle horses, and finally, you wrestle camels,” says one wrestler. Can country’s centuries-old wrestling tradition be translated to domination of professional MMA?
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Disasters in the making
Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan among countries ranked most vulnerable by inaugural edition of Ecological Threat Register.
Demonstrators protest as Chinese top diplomat visits Ulaanbaatar amid row over claimed native language suppression in Inner Mongolia
Many Mongolians outraged, claiming Beijing is muzzling Mongolia into submission. But nation's economy hugely dependent on China, which accounts for more than half of its foreign trade. Ministers unlikely to see provoking giant neighbour as an option.
China ‘ending Mongolian-language education in Inner Mongolia’
Hundreds of teachers reportedly called to secret meetings at schools to be informed that Beijing has ordered them to switch to Chinese-medium teaching in some lessons from September 1.
Corona vote gambles pay off for incumbents
Timing is everything as politicians seek to take advantage of poll boosts from steering their countries through the pandemic and launching stimulus packages, before populations really feel the impact of the crippling economic recessions.