Friday, June 3, 2011

Khmer News


Deep-seated cultural ties to the grasslands and traditional nomadic ways lie behind recent protests across Inner Mongolia, experts say.

While the protests were sparked by the death of a herdsman from the Shiliin-Gol (in Chinese, Xilin Meng) area, overseas rights groups believe they reflect a deep and widespread anger over continuing exploitation of the region's grasslands, the heartland of Mongol culture.

"This is no external propaganda; it really is the reason, in my view," said Temtselt Shobshuud (in Chinese, Xi Haiming), exiled rights activist and chairman of the Inner Mongolian People's Party.

"On the face of it, it looks like a clash over a mining operation, but really, the much deeper reason is that the livelihood and culture of the Mongolian people [in China] is in crisis.

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