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Mongolia – From Sino-Russian Buffer to Conversion Zone
Last autumn, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin made separate visits to Mongolia, met for a tri-lateral (Russia-China-Mongolia) summit in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe during the leadership summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and dispatched their vice-foreign ministers … Continue reading
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Visas, Medicine, Education: Feeling Chinese Soft Power in Mongolia
China has been gradually increasing its soft power in neighbouring Mongolia, from offers of visa-free travel to access to its medical facilities, and most recently, growing educational opportunities in China for Mongolians. These policies have gone far in diminishing deep-seated … Continue reading
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Asia Pacific Memo 161: Bumpy Roads, but Heading in the Right Direction
Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes present the glass-half-full view of the upcoming parliamentary election for Mongolian democracy. Continue reading
No Stable Anti-Mining Coalition
By Julian Dierkes Today, I published an Asia Pacific Memo that argued that no stable anti-mining coalition has coalesced in Mongolia to support or advance the recent petition asking the government to open negotiations with Oyu Tolgoi to increase the … Continue reading
Asia Pacific Memo on the Impact of the Xinhai Revolution on Mongolia
How Tibet and Mongolia declared their independence following the Xinhai Revolution. Continue reading