openDemocracy article
The openDemocracy website is a platform for news and views on democracy from all over the world.
They asked me to write an article on the current political developments:
Mongolia’s democratic puzzle
posted by Guido V @ 16:52
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5 Comments:
Dear Guido,
I have just happen to come across your article at the "Open Democracy" webpage.
I must acknowledge that I havn't seen such an objective, well positioned and informative article on current developments in my country in western press for a long time.
I thank you for such a piece of work you've done. I wish other western media could take over and publish your article in their respective websites. I have just compared your article with the today's news release in the UK's Financial Times website, and I think your's is much better.
Let me wish you all the best, and looking forward for more interesting articles.
Cheers.
Ganzorig
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Ganzorig,
Thank you for your comment. I felt a bit hesitent posting such an article. Mongolia really doesn't need foreigners telling her what to do and what not, so I tried to be as objective as possible.
It is a really a great encouragement to read your positive comments on this. Thank you dearly, and let's continue to try to give an accurate and wellfounded image of Mongolia to the world.
Best wishes,
Guido
PS. I noticed you submited the comment twice. Because comments are manualy moderated there is some delay in their occurence on the site. Apologies for that.
Ganzorig, in my opinion, one rarely finds such objective and informative articles at openDemocracy either. (And I say this as an author of a couple articles carried by them.)
I like the article a lot, too.
I think there is something wrong in the "From Genghis Khan to the Internet" paragraph, however: IMO Mongolia's independence was not made possible through agreement between Russia and China, IMO it was rather a result of Russian and Chinese rivalry and China's weakness after the 1911 revolution (warlords, civil war etc.). There was an agreement between Russia, China and Mongolia in 1915 over Mongolia's autonomy (Khiagta agreement or something like that). But that agreement was broken, revoked, or whatever you want to call it, by China in 1919, with the re-occupation of Mongolia by Chinese troops.
From there on, it was little surprise that many Mongolians wopuld support anyone who would promise them to get rid of the Chinese, be it the Whites under Baron Ungern or the Red Army.
I personally think a major stimulus behind the recent developments was self-interest - another common feature of Mongolian history.
Dear Yan,
Thanks for pointing this out. I was facing a deadline and failed to take the time to look it up. I will try to correct it.
Best wishes,
Guido
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