Christian Shepherd writes about the crackdown on the Mongolian language in China and how strikes, sit-ins and violence have ensued (“China’s clampdown on use of Mongolian in schools sparks protests”, ...

Graphic showing different scripts in use in the country of Mongolia, and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. AFP / John SAEKI In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the ...

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia held a ceremony on Friday to reward the winners of a national alphabet writing contest, a move to introduce and promote the country's traditional language. The ...

Genghis Khan as depicted in a 15th century manuscript. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France Subscribe for ads-free reading On August 26 China passed a law to sideline teaching in the Mongolian ...

ULAN BATOR, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian government on Wednesday approved a national program to promote the traditional Mongolian script and improve its usage across the country. The program ...

Tens of thousands of people in an ethnic Mongolian region of northern China have joined rare protests and school boycotts against a new curriculum they fear will wipe out their minority culture, ...

HOHHOT, China (Reuters) - Annie Feng seems like an easy-going person, with her ready smile and happy demeanor. Sign up here. But ask the young teacher who she wants to marry and her expression turns ...

In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script ...