Inner Mongolia is emerging as one of China's most unique wellness destinations, where people are turning to nature instead of conventional treatments for relief from body aches, joint pain, and stress. Combining the warmth of the desert sun with mineral-rich natural salt therapy, the region is attracting both locals and tourists looking for alternative healing experiences.

The natural wellness trend highlights how Inner Mongolia's unique landscape is being used for therapeutic purposes. Visitors are embracing traditional healing practices that include exposure to mineral-rich salt, desert heat therapy, and outdoor wellness experiences believed to promote relaxation, improve circulation, and ease chronic pain.

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An explosion at a chemical plant in China’s Inner Mongolia killed four people and injured three, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

The blast occurred at 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Friday at a workshop of a plant in Bayan Obo industrial park in Alxa League, in the southwest of the Chinese autonomous region, Xinhua said, citing local authorities.

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The fire from the explosion was put out early on Saturday, it said.

The legal representative of the company, which Xinhua did not name, is being held by local public security authorities, and the company has halted production while the regional government investigates the cause of the accident, the report said.

An explosion at a chemical plant in China’s Inner Mongolia killed four people and injured three, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The blast occurred at 11 p.

An explosion at a chemical plant in China’s Inner Mongolia killed four people and injured three, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The blast occurred at 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Friday at a workshop of a plant in Bayan Obo industrial park in Alxa League, in the southwest of the Chinese autonomous region, Xinhua said, citing local authorities. Also Read | 15 killed after explosion at factory in Russia’s Ryazan region The fire from the explosion was put out early on Saturday, it said. The legal representative of the company, which Xinhua did not name, is being held by local public security authorities, and the company has halted production while the regional government investigates the cause of the accident, the report said.

4 killed, 3 injured in chemical plant explosion in China

Mongolians took to streets just ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the country. On Thursday, dozens of protesters demanded release of ethnic Mongolian arrested in China. The protests took place in Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.

Protests have also erupted in Chuinese province of Inner Mongolia after Chinese government took a decision to teach politics, history, and literature in Mandarin rather than the local language. Chinese province of Inner Mongolia shares borders with Mongolia.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Mongolia next week during his Asia tour. His Asia tour includes a visit to Japan and South Korea but not China.

Some of the protesters on Thursday wore facemasks as a precaution against the coronavirus -- were dressed in traditional Mongolian outfits and carried banners showing pictures of alleged Chinese atrocities against ethnic Mongolians. 
Pompeo has previously criticised China's coercive attempts to assimilate local minorities into the dominant Han population.

Ethnic Mongolians in China and elsewhere fear the move -- which limits the opportunity to use Mongolian in schools -- will lead to the language's extinction.

Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to Mongolia last month was also overshadowed by protests.

"During the Wang Yi's visit Mongolian leadership should have spoken up and stated that China must release the arrested Inner Mongolians," protester Elbegdorj told AFP.

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Rallies in Inner Mongolia last month were the largest seen for decades, but a crackdown was swift, with armoured vehicles surrounding schools in some areas.&nbsp;

Police also offered cash bounties for leads on ringleaders and publicised the arrests of dozens of suspects accused of gathering signatures and sharing dissenting messages on WeChat.

The clampdown echoes Beijing's moves in Xinjiang and Tibet, where similar policies to assimilate local minorities into the dominant Han population were implemented in line with Xi's vision of national and ideological unity through cultural identity.

"Obtaining an education in its native language is universally recognised human rights," protest organiser Zolzaya Nyamdorj said.

"China is violating those rights."

(With AFP inputs) 
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Mongolians took to streets just ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the country. On Thursday, dozens of protesters demanded release of ethnic Mongolian arrested in China.

Mongolians took to streets just ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the country. On Thursday, dozens of protesters demanded release of ethnic Mongolian arrested in China. The protests took place in Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. Protests have also erupted in Chuinese province of Inner Mongolia after Chinese government took a decision to teach politics, history, and literature in Mandarin rather than the local language. Chinese province of Inner Mongolia shares borders with Mongolia. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Mongolia next week during his Asia tour. His Asia tour includes a visit to Japan and South Korea but not China. Some of the protesters on Thursday wore facemasks as a precaution against the coronavirus -- were dressed in traditional Mongolian outfits and carried banners showing pictures of alleged Chinese atrocities against ethnic Mongolians. Pompeo has previously criticised China's coercive attempts to assimilate local minorities into the dominant Han population. Ethnic Mongolians in China and elsewhere fear the move -- which limits the opportunity to use Mongolian in schools -- will lead to the language's extinction. Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to Mongolia last month was also overshadowed by protests. "During the Wang Yi's visit Mongolian leadership should have spoken up and stated that China must release the arrested Inner Mongolians," protester Elbegdorj told AFP. Also Read | Internet explodes with memes after Trump, who called COVID-19 a 'hoax', tests positive Rallies in Inner Mongolia last month were the largest seen for decades, but a crackdown was swift, with armoured vehicles surrounding schools in some areas. Police also offered cash bounties for leads on ringleaders and publicised the arrests of dozens of suspects accused of gathering signatures and sharing dissenting messages on WeChat. The clampdown echoes Beijing's moves in Xinjiang and Tibet, where similar policies to assimilate local minorities into the dominant Han population were implemented in line with Xi's vision of national and ideological unity through cultural identity. "Obtaining an education in its native language is universally recognised human rights," protest organiser Zolzaya Nyamdorj said. "China is violating those rights." (With AFP inputs)

Anti-China protests erupt in Mongolia ahead of Mike Pompeo's visit

China is waging many wars -- and not just the ones on its borders. There are wars within -- that it's waging on its own people.

The three main wars that one can list are Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. 
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China has a population of a little more than 139 crore. The three regions of Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang represent less than 4 per cent of China's population. They are also three autonomous regions of China, and specific minority groups have a higher population here.

But China wants to change that. It has launched a relentless campaign of oppression, crackdowns, interment camps, indoctrination and coercion.

TIBET

Thousands of people have been forced into labour camps in Tibet. China says they are being educated.

But the truth is they are being brainwashed, detained against will, forced into labour, and then shipped off to different parts of the country to do low-wage jobs.

It's a slave factory -- the idea is to force Tibetans to give up their linguistic, cultural and spiritual heritage.

China wants to erase their identity by forcibly assimilating them.

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A new report by the New York Times says more than 500 thousand Tibetans have gone through this "training" this year alone. The training is always followed by forced labour.

Several thousands have already been sent to work in far flung cities and towns. Officials in Tibet have been gives quotas and targets -- they must send a specified number of Tibetans labourers.

Larger districts are supposed to supply more workers.

Some numbers have also been reported -- 1,000 from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, 1,400 from Shee-ga-z, and 800 from Shannan.

Those who can't meet the targets are punished; those who do are rewarded.

Agents and companies are subsidised to organise transfers. The rates are fixed -- $74 for each labourer moved out of the region and $44 for those placed within Tibet.

Tibetans are being trafficked, and this is a state sponsored racket, as also suggested by the NYT report.

To this end, Lhadon Tethong, director of Tibet Action Institute, said the news was devastating and disturbing, but not surprising.

"Sadly, I am not surprised. The news is obviously devastating and disturbing. But it's not surprising at all," she said,

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INNER MONGOLIA&nbsp;

China wants to erase the unique identity of Mongolians. It is targeting their language.

Last month, a new order was issued that said school children must be taught in Mandarin, not the Mongolian language.

People protested even as students staged walkout. Parents pulled their children out of schools.

Online petitions were circulated. And China went after the protesters. They were threatened with arrests.

The demonstrations were suppressed. And those who still protested were put under surveillance. Chinese officials also targetted the parents.

A WeChat message was allegedly issued by local authorities for Mongolian parents. This was a warning. It said if parents didn't send their kids to school by the 17th of this month, they would lose access to government subsidies.

Banks were told to stop loans for the next five years to parents who didn't comply. High school students who did not attend classes were threatened with expulsion.

This is the punishment for protest in China.

XINJIANG 
&nbsp; 
This can be termed as communist crackdown on steroids -- the world's biggest detention programme.

In mass internment camps, there is an open abuse of more than a million people. And for this, the world has slammed China.

But Beijing remains undeterred. It is building more detention facilities -- close to 380 suspected detention sites have been found in Xinjiang.

At least 61 have expanded their area and 14 are still growing.

Also, China is believed to have incarcerated as many as one million Uighurs in recent years. And now it is razing down mosques.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has come out with an assessment. They used satellite images to study how Xinjiang is being changed. They have estimated that around 16,000 mosques have been destroyed in the last three years.

As many as 8,500 have been completely demolished. Close to 30 per cent of the region's key Islamic sites have also been demolished.

How much more proof does the world need against China? We wonder!

China is waging many wars -- and not just the ones on its borders. There are wars within -- that it's waging on its own people. The three main wars that one can list are Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.

China is waging many wars -- and not just the ones on its borders. There are wars within -- that it's waging on its own people. The three main wars that one can list are Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. China has a population of a little more than 139 crore. The three regions of Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang represent less than 4 per cent of China's population. They are also three autonomous regions of China, and specific minority groups have a higher population here. But China wants to change that. It has launched a relentless campaign of oppression, crackdowns, interment camps, indoctrination and coercion. TIBET Thousands of people have been forced into labour camps in Tibet. China says they are being educated. But the truth is they are being brainwashed, detained against will, forced into labour, and then shipped off to different parts of the country to do low-wage jobs. It's a slave factory -- the idea is to force Tibetans to give up their linguistic, cultural and spiritual heritage. China wants to erase their identity by forcibly assimilating them. × A new report by the New York Times says more than 500 thousand Tibetans have gone through this "training" this year alone. The training is always followed by forced labour. Several thousands have already been sent to work in far flung cities and towns. Officials in Tibet have been gives quotas and targets -- they must send a specified number of Tibetans labourers. Larger districts are supposed to supply more workers. Some numbers have also been reported -- 1,000 from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, 1,400 from Shee-ga-z, and 800 from Shannan. Those who can't meet the targets are punished; those who do are rewarded. Agents and companies are subsidised to organise transfers. The rates are fixed -- $74 for each labourer moved out of the region and $44 for those placed within Tibet. Tibetans are being trafficked, and this is a state sponsored racket, as also suggested by the NYT report. To this end, Lhadon Tethong, director of Tibet Action Institute, said the news was devastating and disturbing, but not surprising. "Sadly, I am not surprised. The news is obviously devastating and disturbing. But it's not surprising at all," she said, Also read | Not surprising at all: Tibetan activist on new report on detention sites in China’s Xinjiang INNER MONGOLIA China wants to erase the unique identity of Mongolians. It is targeting their language. Last month, a new order was issued that said school children must be taught in Mandarin, not the Mongolian language. People protested even as students staged walkout. Parents pulled their children out of schools. Online petitions were circulated. And China went after the protesters. They were threatened with arrests. The demonstrations were suppressed. And those who still protested were put under surveillance. Chinese officials also targetted the parents. A WeChat message was allegedly issued by local authorities for Mongolian parents. This was a warning. It said if parents didn't send their kids to school by the 17th of this month, they would lose access to government subsidies. Banks were told to stop loans for the next five years to parents who didn't comply. High school students who did not attend classes were threatened with expulsion. This is the punishment for protest in China. XINJIANG This can be termed as communist crackdown on steroids -- the world's biggest detention programme. In mass internment camps, there is an open abuse of more than a million people. And for this, the world has slammed China. But Beijing remains undeterred. It is building more detention facilities -- close to 380 suspected detention sites have been found in Xinjiang. At least 61 have expanded their area and 14 are still growing. Also, China is believed to have incarcerated as many as one million Uighurs in recent years. And now it is razing down mosques. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has come out with an assessment. They used satellite images to study how Xinjiang is being changed. They have estimated that around 16,000 mosques have been destroyed in the last three years. As many as 8,500 have been completely demolished. Close to 30 per cent of the region's key Islamic sites have also been demolished. How much more proof does the world need against China? We wonder!

Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang: China's many wars

Chinese police are offering a bounty for people accused of taking part in protests in Inner Mongolia. Ethnic Mongolians in China's north have staged rare protests over changes to school curriculums that remove the Mongolian language from core subjects, a show of defiance that has led to curfews in some areas, according to an advocacy group.

Chinese cops offer bounty for suspected Inner Mongolia protesters

China is slowly trying to wipe out the culture and heritage of the Mongolian people of the Inner Mongolia region.

&nbsp;China’s policy aimed at replacing Mongolian with Mandarin&nbsp;as the language of instruction in all core subjects. 
&nbsp; 
And for Mongolian families, this policy is a step too far. They consider their language as one of the last surviving markers of their Mongolian identity. They do not want to learn about the world through China's prism but they are being forced to.

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In protest, students have started boycotting classes. Police officials are trying to send them back. Parents are clashing with the police, the images are moving — to say the least.

Entire families — out on the streets — fighting the might of the Chinese regime. This is nothing less than a civil disobedience movement.It has spread throughout Inner Mongolia.

Even in Ulaanbaatar — the capital of Mongolia. Hundreds of people are standing in solidarity with their ethnic Mongolian brethren. These are visuals of a demonstration that was held outside the Mongolian foreign ministry yesterday.

These people want their government to speak for the plight of every ethnic Mongolian and they want their voices to be heard internationally.&nbsp;

"I am proud of our brothers &amp; sisters, who are very few but are fighting hard against a billion. That is why we have to send them our love and support. I am afraid that they might get in danger. And we are here to ensure that it does not happen,” said a school teacher Tseren Tuvshinjargal.

"Our traditional script is registered in the Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage under the name of the Mongolian nation. The inner Mongolians preserve their Mongolian ethnic immunity with its language. That’s why I want their voice is heard to the international community,” said Banzragch Bazarsad, Member of Bosoo Khukh Mongol, a Mongolian nationalist organization.

China is slowly trying to wipe out the culture and heritage of the Mongolian people of the Inner Mongolia region. China’s policy aimed at replacing Mongolian with Mandarin as the language of instruction in all core subjects.

China is slowly trying to wipe out the culture and heritage of the Mongolian people of the Inner Mongolia region. China’s policy aimed at replacing Mongolian with Mandarin as the language of instruction in all core subjects. And for Mongolian families, this policy is a step too far. They consider their language as one of the last surviving markers of their Mongolian identity. They do not want to learn about the world through China's prism but they are being forced to. In protest, students have started boycotting classes. Police officials are trying to send them back. Parents are clashing with the police, the images are moving — to say the least. Entire families — out on the streets — fighting the might of the Chinese regime. This is nothing less than a civil disobedience movement.It has spread throughout Inner Mongolia. Even in Ulaanbaatar — the capital of Mongolia. Hundreds of people are standing in solidarity with their ethnic Mongolian brethren. These are visuals of a demonstration that was held outside the Mongolian foreign ministry yesterday. These people want their government to speak for the plight of every ethnic Mongolian and they want their voices to be heard internationally. "I am proud of our brothers & sisters, who are very few but are fighting hard against a billion. That is why we have to send them our love and support. I am afraid that they might get in danger. And we are here to ensure that it does not happen,” said a school teacher Tseren Tuvshinjargal. "Our traditional script is registered in the Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage under the name of the Mongolian nation. The inner Mongolians preserve their Mongolian ethnic immunity with its language. That’s why I want their voice is heard to the international community,” said Banzragch Bazarsad, Member of Bosoo Khukh Mongol, a Mongolian nationalist organization.

Protests erupt as China moves to end Mongolian-medium teaching in schools

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