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1. News - Asia - MONGOLIA

   Battle to stop Mongolia's child jockeys from racing to their death

   Posted Jul 12th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... was lifted onto a horse for a race across Mongolia's open steppe last week, he asked his father to bless him with a kiss. Minutes later the seven-year-old was killed in a fall, the latest in a rising toll among the country's child jockeys. As Mongolia's biggest national festival, Naadam, began yesterday, controversy is growing over the way unprotected young riders are risking ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1280470/battle-stop-mongolias-child-jockeys-racing-their-death
2. Desert skiing and karting for athletes

   Posted Jul 27th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Mongolia. What's more, they brought a desert sun tan back to Hong Kong! ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/974536/desert-skiing-and-karting-athletes
3. Protests after herder is run down by coal truck

   Posted May 26th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Hundreds of ethnic Mongolians protested outside a local government headquarters in Inner Mongolia on Monday, with hundreds of middle school pupils taking to the streets the next day, after a herder was allegedly killed by two Han Chinese truck drivers, a rights watchdog and online postings said. Unrest is rare in Inner Mongolia, a relatively stable minority region. According ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/968777/protests-after-herder-run-down-coal-truck
4. Two top officials questioned in Inner Mongolia graft investigation

   Posted Jun 12th 2007, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... The two top officials in Inner Mongolia have reportedly been the subject of corruption investigations by the Communist Party's discipline watchdog. Chu Bo, 62, party secretary of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Yang Jing, 53, chairman of the regional government, were reportedly questioned by a team sent by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/596517/two-top-officials-questioned-inner-mongolia-graft-investigation
5. Inner Mongolia quieter after herder's death

   Posted Jun 03rd 2011, 12:00am

   ... government line, 'the saga has not ended. It is still chaotic from time to time'. The protests erupted across Inner Mongolia, which had not seen major unrest for 30 years, after the herder, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/969565/inner-mongolia-quieter-after-herders-death
6. Bestway buys Mongolia miners for HK$7b

   Posted Jul 10th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Bestway International Holdings has agreed to buy two resource prospectors in Mongolia for HK$6.98 billion. The plastic maker will buy one with rights to a polymetallic mine covering 4.88 square kilometres for HK$1.28 billion and another with rights to a coal mine with an area of not less than 200 square kilometres for HK$5.7 billion. It will settle most of the deal by issuing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/644643/bestway-buys-mongolia-miners-hk7b
7. Facelift planned for sections of Great Wall in Inner Mongolia

   Posted May 12th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Staff Reporter An extensive programme has been launched to restore and reinforce sections of the Great Wall in Inner Mongolia that are under threat from modern development and natural erosion. Xinhua said it was 'the most extensive' preservation programme for the national symbol. Inner Mongolia is the province with the longest section of the Great Wall. 'A survey ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/637298/facelift-planned-sections-great-wall-inner-mongolia
8. Praise for Manila

   Posted Dec 03rd 2008, 12:00am by Mary Ann, Mary Ann Benitez

   ... Bill Clinton heaped praise on the Philippines while sharing the stage with his former George Washington University classmate, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Mr Clinton said the Philippines led the field in the amount of electricity generate ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/662312/praise-manila
9. Genghis rides again

   Posted Jul 20th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... John Man has turned his life-long passion into a biographical series unravelling the mysteries of the Mongolian leader, writes Lijia Zhang Mongolia has fired John Man's imagination since boyhood, when he read about American explorer Roy Chapman Andrews' discovery of dinosaur eggs in the 1920s. 'I wanted to travel to somewhere really, really remote. And Mongolia ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/645863/genghis-rides-again
10. We won't forget hinterland, promises Wen

    Posted Jun 14th 2004, 12:00am by Ray Cheung

    ... of development. He also reaffirmed the need to support the region. Speaking from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region yesterday, Mr Huang said he hoped local officials would implement the central ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/459435/we-wont-forget-hinterland-promises-wen

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