https://www.scmp.com/rss/502371/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com One morning in July, Mongolia’s president, Khaltmaa Battulga, prepared to take the podium at the National Sports Stadium in Ulan Bator. He was there to officially open the traditional summer festival of Naadam, during which virtually everyone in the country of three million celebrates feats of archery, wrestling and especially horse­man­ship. Riding has been central to the national culture since the 13th century, when a tribal leader named Genghis Khan united a disparate group of steppe clans... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3031376/mongolias-khaltmaa-battulga-other-populist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3031376/mongolias-khaltmaa-battulga-other-populist?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 2019 23:15:12 +0000