China Eyes Bite of Mongolia? – China News

the-diplomat.com — For most of the last several centuries, Mongolia has been controlled by one of its two superpower neighbours. China ruled Mongolia for more than 200 years, a reign that ended only with the collapse of the Manchu empire in 1911. Just a few years later, a communist government, subservient to the Soviet Union, took over. So when Mongolia achieved true independence in 1990 as the Soviet Union was collapsing, its new leaders were faced with a quandary, one that remains unresolved today: how best to maintain functional independence sandwiched between China and Russia.

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Jianfeng 1 year 46 weeks ago

There is one thing China doesn't want from Mongolia though －sandstorm. The sandstorm struggled on to hit Hangzhou for the first time over the weekend and really caught us by surprise. Hehe, we used to think it's just the Beijing thing.

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