Mongolia: locked between China and the language of identity

As the new school year started in Mongolia on September 1, President Khaltmaagiin Battulga appeared on national television in traditional clothing and with a group of children reciting a poem.Battulga was teaching the “first lesson of the year” against a background of traditional Mongolian standing script on a day that he had also designated the Day of the Mother Language.The poem was about the standing script and was written by Secencogtu from the neighbouring Chinese autonomous region of…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3102103/mongolia-locked-between-china-and-language-identity