By W. Juna. There has been a lot of recent discussion over the Chinese government’s new ‘bilingual’ education policy in Inner Mongolia. This new policy has reduced Mongolian language instruction in favour of instruction in Chinese (Also see a post by Prof. Christopher Atwood). From September 2020, first year Mongolian school children are now required to learnContinue reading “A Missing Stanza from Natsagdorj’s Poem, ‘My Native Land’”
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Concerned Parents Opposed to Proposed Changes to Mongolian Language Texts, Inner Mongolia
By Prof. Li Narangoa Mongolian schools in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China started from 31 August this year. The start of school, however, filled the hearts of parents, teachers and students with concerns, anxieties and resentment. On the 26 August, 2020, an announcement was made by the Inner Mongolian Bureau of Education, just aContinue reading “Concerned Parents Opposed to Proposed Changes to Mongolian Language Texts, Inner Mongolia”
ANU Students in Mongolia: Post No. 3 ‘Kharkhorin or Karakorum’
Kharhorin or Karakorum By Abhijeet Swami Since the 1990’s there has been discussion to shift the capital of Mongolia to Kharkhorin from the current over-polluted capital of Ulaanbaatar. Historically, Kharkhorin was the centre of empires that had a significant impact across Eurasia. The plain on which Kharkhorin (earlier Karakorum) is situated extends 30 kilometers orContinue reading “ANU Students in Mongolia: Post No. 3 ‘Kharkhorin or Karakorum’”
Changes in the Mongolian Countryside
This year I spent some valuable time filming in the countryside during the Mongolian spring, from March until May. Changes in the Mongolian countryside are not as immediately evident as the rapid development of infrastructure and the polluted and clogged roads of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. When we drove into the river valley I hadContinue reading “Changes in the Mongolian Countryside”
International workshop ‘One Health: health and wellbeing on the grassland steppes of Mongolia’
ANU Mongolia Update in Ulaanbaatar, 2016
Mongolian president’s gift illustrates country’s close connection with The Australian National University
By: Spencer Haines Recently, staff and students on the way to their classes at The Australian National University (ANU) were surprised to see that a large white yurt had been mysteriously erected just across from the Chancellery Building. This intricately carved yurt, which would appear more at home on the grassy steppes of Eurasia thanContinue reading “Mongolian president’s gift illustrates country’s close connection with The Australian National University”