There are important developments taking place in Southern Mongolia. Tellingly there has been little in the Western press about them. The Economist has put out this apologetic piece about how China 'has struck a surprisingly moderate tone', much like their admirers in The Economist no doubt. http://www.economist.com/node/18775303? ... 3&fsrc=rss
Note the absence of reference to martial law and the omission of the fact that journalist forbidden there.
U.K. Guardian reporter Jonathan Watts wrote on Friday that police prevented him from reaching the site of one of the deaths. "Special circumstances. You're not allowed in. It's not safe," said an officer. At 4:30 the next morning, Watts wrote, "two plainclothes police entered the Guardian's hotel room, woke this correspondent and tried to conduct an interrogation." The Guardian said Monday that hotels near schools and universities were refusing foreign guests.
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On the morning of May 30, 2011, around 11:00 AM, despite the Chinese authorities’ declaration of martial law and deployment of riot police and paramilitary forces in major cities of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, hundreds of Mongolians took to the streets of Hohhot, regional capital, to demand the rights of Mongolians and the release of detainees. Reportedly the protesters were dispersed by riot police after an hour with dozens arrested. Some sources said nearly a thousand Mongolians, mainly ordinary residents of Hohhot city, joined the protest and marched toward the government building while authorities operated under the highest alert conditions. An unconfirmed report from Duowei News, an overseas Chinese news agency, said a government official told its correspondent in Hohhot that fewer than 10 protesters were killed as authorities dispersed the crowd in front of the Government building.
Despite the heavy presence of riot police and paramilitary forces in Hohhot, capital city of Southern (Inner) Mongolia, hundreds of Mongolian students and residents marched on streets near No.18 High School heading toward City Hall. The protesters were blocked by paramilitary forces and a standoff ensued for nearly two hours before the marchers were dispersed.
Tolerance.ca has this:
“There are at least three layers of security here in my school. The first and outermost layer is the riot police and paramilitary forces encircling the entire campus; the second and middle layer is the security personnel guarding the major entrances inside and outside; the third and innermost layer is the security personnel who guard all entrances of dormitory and academic buildings,” a Mongolian professor from the Inner Mongolia University who was ordered to carry out guard duty over students told SMHRIC in a brief phone interview, “we are ordered to have our lunch inside the campus, and not allowed to leave the office until further notice.”
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According to another source, Chinese authorities in Hohhot are intentionally spreading a rumor that the Mongols are attempting to bomb the building of Inner Mongolia TV Station immediately next to the Xinhua Square, the location of the proposed protest.
“This is not a good sign. The authorities are trying to fabricate a pretext for a crackdown on the protesters,” a Mongolian college student told SMHRIC in an email statement, “at the same time, the authorities are not hesitant to spread word of harsh clampdown and ‘serious consequences’ if there are any protests.”
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