Between Tradition and Tyranny: Inner Mongolia's Battle for Cultural Survival in China

Bad news! How the Communist Party of China treats ethnic minorities like Tibetans, Mongols, and Uyghurs is a huge scandal and a crime against humanity!

"On September 1st, an official ban on the teaching of the Mongolian language in schools went into full effect in the province of Inner Mongolia, a so-called autonomous region in the northeast of China bordering the independent nation of Mongolia. All classes from then on must be conducted in Mandarin Chinese, and parents report being scared or unable to teach their kids at home. On August 25th, a well-regarded history book collection titled A General History of the Mongols by the scholar Mansang Taichuud was banned by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Book and Periodical Distribution Industry Association because it represents “historical nihilism” (that is to say, it doesn’t quite jive with the Chinese Communist Party’s official narrative). ..."

Between Tradition and Tyranny: Mongolia's Battle for Cultural Survival China is intensifying its cultural censorship of Mongolian language and history by banning, and burning, books.