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Inner Mongolia: Environmental, cultural harm to grasslands

July 1 (Guardian): In recent years, Inner Mongolia has become China’s leading producer of coal and rare earths. This has attracted an influx of Han businessmen.

Meanwhile, the traditional nomadic lifestyle has come under multiple assaults. An indigenous population is being squeezed out by a more powerful ethnic group that wants to exploit the region’s resources.

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