Inner Mongolia drama

Following decades of Han migration and intermarriage into Inner Mongolia, ethnic Mongolians have since become a minority in their own land, accounting for only about one sixth of Inner Mongolia's population of 24 million, according to the last available census data. "The Mongolian way of life (has already been) wiped out by so many policies," said Enghebatu Togochog, director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, a New York-based advocacy group. "This new policy is the final blow to the Mongolian identity," he said of the curriculum change. Both regions have implemented "bilingual education" for years, but in practice, the system skews heavily toward Mandarin teaching, according to rights groups. Across Xinjiang, Mandarin had become the instruction language in all primary and middle schools by September 2018. Tibetan is also being replaced by Mandarin as the primary medium of instruction in Tibet. In reality however few Hans in ethnic minority regions know the local languages, which they are not required to learn at school, residents say. "As in Xinjiang and Tibet, the Chinese authorities appear to be putting political imperatives ahead of educational ones," said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch.  https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/asia/china-inner-mongolia-intl-hnk-dst/index.html …………………………………….........................................… 9-15-20 Using pseudo-ecological policies called “Ecological Migration” and “Total Ban Over Livestock Grazing,” the CCP declares that it aims to “recover the grassland ecosystem.” In reality, though, the end goal seems to be a complete eradication of the Mongolian nomadic way of life. Mongolian herders believe that the nomadic method of grazing is beneficial to the environment and does not increase ecosystems’ degradation. https://bitterwinter.org/southern-mongolian-herders-further-suppressed/