Mongolia β one of the great places on earth. You almost have to use superlatives: largest-ever historic conquest. Greatest unexploited mining wealth. Most pristine wilderness. Below these important historical overlays, Russian vs.
Chinese, is Mongolian culture and the incredible land. As in Tibet, influx of Chinese people consolidates political control, a struggle thru the dynasties β sometimes Mongolian the Yuan , sometimes Han Chinese.
China may hope to spread its overpopulated people from the heartland. We saw those scars, still small vs. But in a pristine ecosystem, their impact bleeds widely outward β in polluted air, water table, land. Around Xilinghot city β where soldiers amassed last year β and its mines and trucks and railroads, spreads the Xilingole grasslands, the hugest lawn imaginable.
Now 28, he herded as a child, for his grandparents. At 13, alone, fending off wolves by setting clothing fires and banging pots, he learned English from listening to the BBC. This is the steps. We zoomed through sweeping horizons of incredible Chinese windmill farms which our guide, BTW, loves. We had hot pot in a beautiful, clean provincial capital city , Xilinhot , with a giant well-preserved Beize Tibetan Buddhist temple complex Mongolians follow the Tibetan brand of Buddhism.
The Chinese give, and the Chinese take away. Over 60 years we had great changes here. There were 50 Mongol families in my hometown and only 5 families kept the traditions. The world is eating up ethnic peopleβthe world is like this. He said this as he checked his cell signal always available, middle of nowhere to see whether Spain was beating Portugal in the Euro Football semifinals. Every blade is we love.
