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Category Archives: Mendee Jargalsaikhan
Pleased by the Khurelsukh Cabinet
By Mendee Jargalsaikhan The recent political developments in Ulaanbaatar have brought ‘hopes’ for some and ‘disappointments’ for others while being simply neglected by the majority as ‘typical’ political jokers and gaming. Because of the lack of FORMAL institutional lockings, I … Continue reading
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Presidential Election: Diversion Tactics – Chinese Erliiz (Hybridity)
by Mendee One of the classic belittling methods among Mongolian political candidates has been to call each other an ethnic hybridity of either Chinese or Russian and Mongolian. This causes one to engage in fruitless defensive effort to prove his/her Mongolian … Continue reading
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The Nationalization of Erdenet Copper – Challenges for SOEs
By Mendee J At a recent Standing Committee hearing, Ts. Nyamdorj, Vice Speaker of the Mongolian Parliament asked to meet with the new shareholders of the Erdenet Mining Corporation, especially the secret boss (link). The deal, which saw 49% of … Continue reading
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Lingering anti-Sinic sentiments in post-Communist Mongolia: Why dislike the Chinese?
Just sharing a long-waited working paper on anti-Chinese sentiments in Mongolia. The following is the abstract, for the full paper – here is the link. Sino-Mongolian relations have been amicable ever since the Sino-Soviet and Sino-Mongolian rapprochements of the late … Continue reading
Fellow Mongolia Focus Bloggers Marching Along in Academic Careers
Congratulations to two Mongolia Focus grad student bloggers! MENDEE Jargalsaikhan passed his comprehensive examinations in Political Science at the Univ of British Columbia last week. The next step for him will be to write and defend a dissertation proposal to … Continue reading
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