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the Mongolians reconcile themselves to the loss of their nomadic
way of life have proved wrong.
8. It is too late in the day for the Mongolians to hope for separation
from China. The Hans are in a crushing majority in Inner Mongolia.
No separatist movement can hope to succeed. Will it be possible to
protect and preserve the Mongolian way of life based on their in-
born love of their grasslands? That is a question that needs to be
addressed in dealing with the protest movement. Beijing does not
seem to be doing so. It is viewing it purely as a law and order and an
internal security problem.
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Chifeng on May 28, according to the US-based Southern Mongolian
Human Rights Information Centre. Police and para-military
reinforcements have been rushed by the authorities to Hohhot, the
provincial capital, and Universities have been sealed off in the cities
of Tongliao and Ordos.