Tokyo: Ethnic Mongolians protest against China's move mandating Mandarin language edu

Ethnic Mongolians living in Japan were seen protesting in front of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo against the policy to forcible push Mandarin language education in inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China. About 15-20 people joined the protest on Saturday to raise their disagreement. This new policy has invited a lot of conflicts between China and ethnic Mongolians. 

Anti-China protest in Tokyo

These anti-China protests in inner Mongolia have been ongoing since a new policy aiming to push Mandarin language education across the region sparked tension among the country's ethnic Mongols. This new policy has invited a lot of disagreement as the natives see it as a move to erase their culture. Since then, thousands of students in inner Mongolia have taken to streets during the past one week to participate in a rally against Beijing's three-year plan to push Mandarin language education across the whole northern regions and strike out local history, literature and ethnic textbooks in favour of national course books. 

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As per the local media reports, parents living in Inner Mongolia has refused to send their children to school in protest of the new policy. The activists say that under the rule of President Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party has decided to promote Mandarin and force the country's ethnic minorities to adopt a uniform Chinese language and identity. The latest move rolled out by the Xi Jinping's government has raised a fear in people's mind that soon the minority language will fade. 

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