Oops. Wrong Country
There is a lot of misunderstanding about Mongolia. But the New American is really confused. William F. Jasper comments on the President's visit in:
President Bush Showers Mongolian Reds With Praise, AidJasper describes a country where the president is
head of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party, which is the renamed and (supposedly) reformed Communist Party of Mongolia
But isn't it impossible for a president to be member of a political party? And the MPRP is still the original name, isn't it? And the communist party?? The mist thickens but soon fades:
...the United Nations and the U.S. government (along with the rest of the world’s nations) pretend that Mongolia is now truly independent of Beijing’s communist control
Indeed: wrong country. One more time: Inner Mongolia is located in China, Outer Mongolia is the indepenent country Mongolia.
posted by Guido V @ 16:29
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But if you'd interpret
"President Enkhbayar is a “former” communist and head of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party"
as
"President Enkhbayar is a "former" communist and "former" head of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party"
this passage would be one of the few that actually make sense. The confusion with Inner Mongolia is quite funny, indeed.
Ha, I independently posted about the very same article at about the exact same time.
Hi guys!
I understand you are now in Mongolia, is that correct?
I recently learned from my ISP (MICOM) that Mongolia accesses the Internet through the gate in China.
And therefore all Internet users in Mongolia are subject to China's Internet filtering system.
I couldn't access sites like www.voa.gov or www.freetibet.org or www.falundafa.org
More appalling, it turns out that China recently started to block Wikipedia!
And you have a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia
Well, nobody living in Mongolia can't access it.
So, it seems your conclusions about "oops, wrong country" were a bit premature.
Mongolia IS now a part of Communist China.
At least as far as its Internet is concerned
Sincerely,
Concerned Internet User in Mongolia
with mobinet i have indeed the same problem, but with bodicom I can access all sites!
Oh, I did not know that Mongolia's internet access was subject to China's filtering. I have just tried to access to those sites listed by anonymous, and indeed I could not access to either of them. My internet service provider is magicnet.
On other note, although it is very sad, I have to admit that many still perceive that Mongolia is a part of China. One could blame this on the historical, political and geographical ignorance of those. But the blame should also fall on mongolians for not having done enough over the past almost hundred years to raise the country's profile at the international level, while clarifying the recent and current political and socio-economic progress.
Enfine, I would like to underline that every mongolian should understand that losing the national identity will pose a danger to the national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the long term.
Oh, I did not know that Mongolia's internet access was subject to China's filtering. I have just tried to access to those sites listed by anonymous, and indeed I could not access to either of them. My internet service provider is magicnet.
On other note, although it is very sad, I have to admit that many still perceive that Mongolia is a part of China. One could blame this on the historical, political and geographical ignorance of those. But the blame should also fall on mongolians for not having done enough over the past almost hundred years to raise the country's profile at the international level, while clarifying the recent and current political and socio-economic progress.
Enfine, I would like to underline that every mongolian should understand that losing the national identity will pose a danger to the national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the long term.
Dear, S
So what we, Mongolians, could have done to raise our profile at international level?
You'd think someone writing an international news story would do at least some minimal research. What's worse, is that there was so much press about the president's visit that outlines in a few sentences the geopolitical staus of Mongolia, that anyone could have easily discoved the facts.
It's such a shame that people still couldn't differentiate Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia. It's funny in a way.
Plus, not all the internet providers go through the Chinese internet filtering system, probably only a few of them.
But Mongolia is definately not a part of China. Outer, that is.
Mongolia is NOT LOCATED IN CHINA!
MONGOLIA IS NOT FUNNY ,MONGOLIA's people are intelligent and generosity people! Mongolia is big country!I used to live in Mongolia.I love this country I wish I'll citizen in Mongolia.
Sincerly,
Mary Shoba
Thank you Mary Shoba, I'm Mongolian and ordinary man.Photographer.44.My English is not so good but I'm understanding what is going on in this forum.
Mongolian first ISP magicnet starts in 1996, now on over 5 ISP.China's filter ... I dont think so.As I knew magicnet's internet going trou Russia-TransTelecom and Singapore-SIngTel,
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