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Could somebody reduce the resolution of the photo and re-upload it? It's a little too much... I'd do it myself, but I don't know how (yet)--141.54.164.174 23:00, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Disputed territory?

Very simple to answer the question about "Inner" Mongolia being a "disputed territory": Inner Mongolia or the southern part of Mongolia is currently a colony just same as Tibet (which includes not only TAR but all of so called "zang qv" in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan). China wasn't China untill 1911, but upon the liberation of themselves from the Manchu foreign rule, the Chinese claimed all the alien territories which for some centuries belonged to the empire of Manchurians but never that of *Chinese*. (And no offence - you guys were treated by the Manchus way much worse than they treated Mongols). There is abosolutely no difference between the case of Mongolia and Germany spllitting into two, Korea getting divided into two, Bengal into two and so on. This argument has much more validity than the Chinese claim over Formosa (Taiwan?).


In what way is Inner Mongolia a disputed territory? Is it claimed by the state of Mongolia? — Instantnood 18:13, Jan 29 2005 (UTC)

There is an independence movement. -- ran (talk) 23:39, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, but very few mongolians in Inner Mongolia want to be independent. If there is poll, most of the mongolians (not including the Han Chinese people in that land) will chose to stay in China. In Texas, there is also an independence movement, does that mean Taxas a disputed territory? -- woshiwppaa Feb 24, 2005

Thank you. — Instantnood 08:31, Jan 31 2005 (UTC)

Is this the one you referred to? — Instantnood 20:39, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)

Yep. And there are others on the net too IIRC -- ran (talk) 15:26, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

Mongolian name

Does anybody know what the source of the mongolian name is? I cannot find any encoding on my PC that doesn't show the mongolian characters as question marks. I've installed all possible language packs I could find in Windows XP, SP2. Chinese, Japanse and Tibetan all displays correct. CyeZ 07:43, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You need a font that displays Mongolian letters... they are in Unicode and should display as long as you have a font that supports them. (Try using Firefox too, since IE has trouble finding the right font.) -- ran (talk) 15:47, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

Inner Mongolia as a geographical region

This article talks about Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, but Inner Mongolia as an administrative division did not exist until the late 1940s. Before that, the geographical region of Inner Mongolia spanned across several provinces. The limits of the autonomous region have also been changed over the decades. Is there a convention on the limits of Inner Mongolia as a geographical region? Would it be Mongolia (region) minus Outer Mongolia, Hovd, Oyirad and Buriyad? Is there any remarkable difference between the limits of the autonomous region and the actual extent as a geographical region? — Instantnood 06:47, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Convention? The leagues of the Qing Dynasty, perhaps. Those would be modern Inner Mongolia minus Hulunbuir (Hailar), Xing'an (Ulaanhot), and Alashan, plus Josutu (Chaoyang, Liaoning). In any case, the borders claimed by the Inner Mongolia People's Party are those of modern Inner Mongolia. -- ran (talk) 07:54, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
That's a problem when writing about Japanese occupation of eastern part of Inner Mongolia (and Manchuria) before 1937.. It's ambiguous whether "Inner Mongolia" is talking about the pre-communist era geographical region, or the present day autonomous region. — Instantnood 08:24, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

What's the pre-communist era geographical region? If we take it as having included the Jirim, Juu Uda, and Josutu leagues, then those were parts of Manchukuo as well. -- ran (talk) 08:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

No idea. Just thinking how to take into account the ever changing limits of what the term "Inner Mongolia" referred to. — Instantnood 08:38, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I think it's safe to refer to modern Inner Mongolia as just "Inner Mongolia". We haven't run into too much trouble yet... -- ran (talk) 08:52, 3 November 2005 (UTC) You know what... I'll look a bit more into this topic. Thanks for bringing it up. -- ran (talk) 09:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I don't know much about that, except that I know from old maps Inner Mongolia did not exist as an administrative division until the late 1940s, and its border has been changed for several times. :-) — Instantnood 09:11, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I've added some more info. This is all I have at the moment, and to be honest, it is all rather patchy. But I guess it's better than nothing. -- ran (talk) 03:09, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. It's much better now. :-) — Instantnood 08:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Arranging of names

  1. The Cyrillic represents Khalkha Mongolian, which isn't even the language spoken in Inner Mongolia! It's not a "Cyrillization" in the same way as the Romanization -- it doesn't even represent the same "system"! I would prefer for it to be not included at all, but if you have to be included, it should be kept separate from the official script of Inner Mongolia or its Romanization.
  2. Traditional Chinese isn't official anywhere in Inner Mongolia. It should not come before Simplified Chinese.
  3. As for whichever one goes first, we should follow the order used in official documents:

:

  • "各级国家机关、人民团体的公文应当使用 蒙汉两种文字。"
  • "自治区行政区域内的社会市面用文应当并用蒙汉两种文字。"
  • etc.

Or take a look at this picture of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia:

-- ran (talk) 00:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


Thank you for your information, Ran. I agree with your point that Traditional Chinese and Cyrillized Mongolian can be actually excluded in this case. So, the only things that have to added are: Simplified Chinese, Pinyin romanization for Chinese, Traditional Mongolian and romanization for Mongolian. The romanizations act as pronunciation guides. But I still think that it is a better idea for Chinese to come before Mongolian, as Chinese is the statewide official language, and "C" comes before "M" in the Latin alphabets. Should we put Mongolian first, just for the sake of the minor fact that the document reads "蒙汉", instead of "汉蒙"? :-)

Disclaimer: I have nothing against minorities and their native languages. -Alanmak 01:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Not just the document; take a look at the picture of the People's Congress of Inner Mongolia: . -- ran (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and there's this: 包头市社会市面蒙汉两种文字并用管理条例
第五条 社会市面并用的蒙汉两种文字，应当使用规范用字，并按下列规定书写、制作、挂放：
(一)横写的，蒙古文在上、汉文在下，或者蒙古文在前、汉文在后；
(二)竖写的，蒙古文在左、汉文在右；
(三)环形写的，从左向右蒙古文在外环、汉文在内环，或者蒙古文在左半环、汉文在右半环；
(四)蒙汉两种文字的字号、规格应当协调，制作的材质必须一致；
(五)蒙汉两种文字分别写在两块牌匾上的，蒙文牌匾挂在左边、汉文牌匾挂在右边，或者蒙文牌匾挂在上边、汉文牌匾挂在下边。
And this one has the same wording: 呼和浩特市社会市面蒙汉两种文字并用管理办法
-- ran (talk) 02:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Stop warning me and stop carrying out Chinese chauvinistic propaganda here!

What is "vandalism"? Why would you keep deleting the changes I made into the Southern Mongolia article? What happened to the wikipedia principle of everybody can make changes? What is your position or role at wikipedia if there is such a thing? Who you think you are? I'm a native Mongol so I at least know a lot more about my country than you do. Can't I express what I know? Who are you to preventing from doing that? And finally, stop carrying on Chinese government propaganda, biased chauvinistic brainwashing on wikipedia! Tell me if there is someone who sort of looks over you as a supervisor or whatever. I need to talk to them.

(This is not only to Ran, but, including him, those who are doing the things that I'm talking about)

You weren't just making changes, you were also removing content; nor were you editing in accordance with the Neutral Point-of-View (NPOV) policy. We welcome all edits and discussion as long as they work towards an NPOV presentation of topics. Unfortunately, your POV-pushing and removal of content fall far short of the standards that we follow. This is not just me saying so -- several other editors have also been reverting your edits.
Also, everyone is welcome to edit every single article in Misplaced Pages, as long as their edits are NPOV and can be backed up with sources. We do not give priority to anyone's edits simply because of their ethnic or cultural background.
Finally, no one oversees anyone on Misplaced Pages, and everything is decided through community discussion and consensus. If there is a disagreement with me or anyone else, you are welcome to ask other editors or on other talk pages for third opinions and mediation. -- ran (talk) 00:46, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Is following Chinese propaganda a "neutral point of view"? stop joking! several other? who? you guys brainwashed Chinese, and nothign else!

test.... 03:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Once again, I would strongly suggest that you review Misplaced Pages's NPOV policy, and look at how editors deal with other contentious articles like Taiwan and Tibet before continuing to make edits. Note that POV pushing is not a constructive way of editing Misplaced Pages.
One more thing: each of us has reverted 2 times in the last 72 hours. Misplaced Pages's "three-revert rule" states that any editor who reverts more than 3 times in 24 hours can be blocked temporarily from editing. So I would strongly suggest discussing the article and reaching a consensus rather than continuing the revert war. -- ran (talk) 05:15, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi Wikidugaren,
Let me give you an example: calling it "Southern Mongolia" is POV because you make it sound like it's a region that should become part of Mongolia. This is similar to the name "South Azerbaijan", the name that Azeri nationalists use because they want to see a Greater Azerbaijan. Our only choice is to use the neutral term, with the name the reflects the country that it lies in, Iranian Azerbaijan. So, saying Inner Mongolia is neutral because it is more of a geographical term, not a political one. --Khoikhoi 05:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


And most importantly, since the ancient times the region of present-day Inner Mongolia has became multi-racial. Sovereignties of Chinese Warring states had reached the region long before Genghis_Khan found the first Mongol state in 1206. In short, historically it has never been a pure-Mongol country.--219.79.28.40 11:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, multi-racial but never you Chinese. Don't keep repeating your government-backed textbook views here. I had enough of it when I had to have it to insult my brain.

128.138.41.190 14:32, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I strongly advice you guys to look at the NPOV policies and examine your biases. Calling the region "Inner" Mongolia is not only VOP but is a perfect example to show the Chiense arrogance toward others in terms of big mouthing about others' issues while knowing nothing about their language and culture. "Southern" is the correctly meaning of the Mongol word "Öbör" (some may spell it "Übür" or "Övör" or "Üvür". When we argue about whether it should be "Inner" or "Southern" or 内 or 南, this is all about how it should be in others' languages but not about the only one word of Mongolian language, always the same, ""Öbör". It just means south. As for your claim of calling it "Southern" would imply it is part of "Mongolia" or political, is because it would be so only to those who are poinsoned by the Chinese government chauvinist propaganda and becuase you 心里有鬼。 Sorry, forgot to sign again: dugar 14:47, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Official is offical. You can't argue with that. --Khoikhoi 19:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I know what "official" means but the question is that if "official" the truth? And, you know, you sound like not intending to hide the fact that you're simply copying the government propaganda and are defending it here. Aren't you? Answer me this: Why can't "official" be challenged, especially when it comes to such oppressive, dishonest and impreliast government of your country - "China"?

dugar 19:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not Chinese. Why does it matter if the offical name isn't true? Inner Mongolia is in China, and outer Mongolia is Mongolia. Just because the government uses the term doesn't mean it's propaganda. --Khoikhoi 20:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Sure it is propaganda. Big states have bigger opportunities to imprint their POV into heads of public. Even you, Khoikhoi, being not Chinese, are perfectly brainwashed. Calmouk 04:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah sure. That's why almost every English source in the United States of America says "Inner Mongolia". I've seen it on my National Geographic atlas since I was 3 years old. --Khoikhoi 04:26, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
If your atlas was printed in ROC (Taiwan) you have a chance not to find Mongolia at all :) Calmouk 04:56, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Why would it not have Mongolia? It was a National Geographic atlas. --Khoikhoi 04:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Because Taiwan does not recognize independancy of Mongolia and shows modern Mongolia as Chinese territory on its maps. Calmouk 05:03, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Well I'm glad that I have an accurate atlas that let's me know if certain countries don't recognize other countries. --Khoikhoi 05:06, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Huh? "multi-racial but never Chinese"?? You can express your disagreement, but please also read carefully what other people replied/said. As common knowledge, the Warring States which I mentioned were of course established by the Chinese.--219.79.26.14 06:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Warring states is children's game, OK? If following your logic (and certainly the Chinese imperialist government logic), aren't the Mongols the people who ought to claim over not only China, Mongolia (all parts of course), Tibet and Manchuria, but also large part of Asia, parts of Europe, all the way to Viena?

128.138.41.190 20:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Inner Mongolia → Southern Mongolia – "Southern" is the correctly meaning of the Mongol word "Öbör" (some may spell it "Übür" or "Övör" or "Üvür". When we argue about whether it should be "Inner" or "Southern" or 内 or 南, this is all about how it should be in others' languages but not about the only one word of Mongolian language, always the same, ""Öbör". It just means south. "Southern" is just Geographical POV.


Voting

Khoikhoi, Inner means INSIDE China. If it is not Chinese POV then what is that? Where is your ability to think logically? Calmouk 04:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Lol, so it's not in China? Where is it then? Mexico? --Khoikhoi 04:50, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
You should learn World history better. For example, do you know that Inner and Outher Mandchuria used to exist also? And why they are not in your atlas now? Calmouk 05:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
It says Manchuria in my atlas. Inner Manchuria's in China, Outer Manchuria's in Russia. So the do still exist as regions. And I know my world history just fine. --Khoikhoi 05:03, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
LOL But what is interesting Russians never call their Far East as Outer Manchuria :) Is name "Far East" just Russian POV?
From one POV it is "Far East", from another it is "Outer Manchuria". Which one is NPOV? Calmouk 05:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
IMHO NPOV would be to call those two parts "Northern Manchuria" and "Southern Manchuria". Bu why the same logic cannot be applied to Mongolia? Calmouk 05:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


FYI, Outer Manchuria occupies only a small portion (south of Stanovoi Range) of the Russian Far East. Therefore both geographic terms are different concepts thus it is not appropriate in doing equal-footing POV comparison. Needless to further say "logic of Northern(?) and Southern(?) Manchuria" while no one, at least formally, uses these terms at all.--219.79.26.14 16:50, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


  • Oppose. Calmouk's statement that "Inner means INSIDE China" is wrong. When both "Inner Mongolia" and "Outer Mongolia" were inside the Chinese Empire, these names were already in use. But if "Inner means INSIDE China", how can "Outer Mongolia" be called thus when it was still inside China? Also, Inner Mongolia is the official name in English, just as Neimenggu is official in Chinese, and Öbür Monggol official in Mongolian. What are we going to do next, rename Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul into "Southern Gaul" and "Northern Gaul" because they reflect a Roman-centric view of the world? Rename Transylvania into "North-sylvania", because the name is also Roman-centric? What about "Near East", "Middle East" and "Far East" -- Eurocentric? They should be renamed too, I suppose? -- ran (talk) 05:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


At least the Mongols would not accept Calmouk's logic/statement:
"ARTICLE II - Outer Mongolia recognises China's suzerainty, China and Russia recognise the autonomy of Outer Mongolia forming part of Chinese territory."--219.79.26.14 16:50, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Support The premise that "Inner Mongolia" is somehow more neutral and geographic is laughable at best. "Southern", last I heard, is very specifically a geographic, neutral term. Perhaps we should change the names of the American states to Inner and Outer Dakota. And West Virginia, that's right out. Are we planning to reunite North and South Carolina at some point?
Southern Mongolia is south the rest of Mongolia. Perhaps, since so many Southerners want to leave the US, we should stop referring to their region as The South. We could call it Lower America.
Southern Mongolia is a more neutral, accurate term. Our job is not to support either side, but to state the facts, and that includes even when some "official" authority, like a ruling empire, is on one side. We're not here to advocate China's occupation of Mongolia any more than we are to advocate its reunification with the rest of Mongolia. It's to the south, and that's a pretty neutral and widely accepted way of describing it, so let's go with that. --Kaz 21:13, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
No, we have "North Dakota" and "South Dakota" because those are the official names of those states. Similarly, we have New Zealand (instead of Aotearoa) and South Africa (instead of Azania) to refer to those countries because those are the official names of those countries. If "North Dakota" and "South Dakota" decided to rename themselves "Outer Dakota" and "Inner Dakota" tomorrow I have no doubt that Misplaced Pages will follow suite immediately. -- ran (talk) 21:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose. This continual push from vocal Misplaced Pages minorities to reinvent long-held English language usages is getting very old. Not only are neologisms (which this is) not allowed on Misplaced Pages, but the job of this encylopedia is to be informative, not to be a pressure group for pedantry. I don't give a merry hell what the literal translation of the name is in one language or another, but in our language, the name of the region is invariably "Inner Mongolia." If such pressure groups can come up with independent, verifiable usages for alternate wordings, then they're worth footnotes, but lacking those not even then. RGTraynor 21:49, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Actually, it's more normal to refer to it as Southern Mongolia than "Inner Mongolia", if you're just a regular person, not a member of the State deparment maintaining the policy of actively taking the Chinese side in questions of their empire's dominion. The idea that it's "invariably Inner Mongolia" is utterly ridiculous. --Kaz 22:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
"More normal?" In what universe? "Southern Mongolia" has 122,000 hits on Google. "Inner Mongolia" has nearly three million hits. Hell, I'd never heard of the term "Southern Mongolia" before today. RGTraynor 03:29, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I see. So that's why this separatist group calls itself the "Inner Mongolia People's Party" (IMPP)?
According to their constitution:
II. The Guiding Principles of the IMPP
The IMPP uphold the principles of democracy and peace in fighting to end the Chinese Communist Party's colonial rule in Inner Mongolia.
The ultimate goal of the IMPP: Achieving the independence of Inner Mongolia.
The intermediary goal of the IMPP: Establishing a confederated union with China in the course of the future social development in China.
-- ran (talk) 22:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Southern Mongolian Issue

There should not be any dispute over Southern Mongolian issues. Southern Mongolia has never been part of China until the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) invasion into the region in 1947. As a result of CCP's near century massive propaganda and intensive brainwashing, many Chinese especially those who educated in the People's Republic of China (PRC) have always believed in the CCP version of Mongolian history that are delibrately re-written and distorted for the purpose of legitimizing and maintaining the CCP's colonial regime in Southern Mongolia. The name "Nei Meng Gu" ("Inner Mongolia" is direct English translation of "Nei Meng Gu") is a strong evidence of CCP's propaganda and misinformation that convey a wrong message to the people around the world, claiming that "Southern Mongolia is not the Southern part of Mongolia, but the inner (or inside) part of China". The original Mongolian word of "Uvur" which has ONLY refered to "South" has NO meaning of "Nei" (or "Inner") at all! It has nothing to do with the Manchu words "dorgi/tulergi" etc. "Uvur Mongol" is "Uvur Mongol" or "Southern Mongolia" in English, and it has never been derived from any languages but Mongolian. Similarily, "Ar Mongol" has NO meaning of "Wai Meng Gu" or "Outer Mongolia". It has ONLY meaning of "Northern Mongolia". During the CCP's 58 years colonial regime and assimilation policy in Southern Mongolia, Chinese people not only altered what the Mongols had but also created what Dr. Uradyn E. Bulag called "hybridities". For example, the term "Nei Mongol" which has recently appeared as the English translation of "Nei Meng Gu" on the Chinese passports issued to the Southern Mongols; the city names appeared on Misplaced Pages are good examples of this type of mistranslation and misleading as well:

Baotou --- very awkward Chinese transliteration of the Mongolian word "Bogt" meaning "Deer Land"; Wuhai --- nonsense Chinese transliteration of two Mongolian words "Udan-tohai" meaning "Willow Meadow" and "Haidaviin-tal" meaning "Land of Haidav, a legendary Mongolian hunter"; Chifeng --- a direct Chinese translation of "Ulaanhad" meaning "Red Rock"; ......

It is a very simple logic. You can call Americans "Mei Guo Ren" and call English people "Ying Guo Ren" in Chinese, but you should not force the people around the world to call Americans as "Mei Guo Ren" and English people as "Ying Guo Ren" in English.

In terms of the sovereignty of Southern Mongolia, it is totally illogic for Chinese people to claim that Mongolia including Southern and Northern has always been part of China until 1911. Very common justifications by the Chinese are: 1), Chinggis Khan is a Chinese hero and Mongol Yuan is a Chinese dynasty; 2), Manchu Qing was also a Chinese dynasty that ruled Mongolia at least partially. How come Chinggis Khan who was born Mongolian, fought Mongolian, lived Mongolian and died Mongolian became a Chinese hero? It is true that Chinggis Khan and his grandson Hubilai Khan ruled China and categorized the northern Chinese people( called "Khitad") as the second lowest level and the Southern Chinese people (called "Man-ji") as the lowest level of human beings across the world. In other words, Chinese people at that time were slaves of the Mongols. It is totally illogical for a people or a nation to use its credential of being slaved to claim the ownership over other poeple or nation who used to slave them. In terms of the national hero, Chinese prominent writer Lu Xun once said that "if a nation can shamelessly use its credential of slavery to claim its ruler as thier hero, then the Russians have more credential to say 'our hero Chinggis Khan' because the Russians were ruled by the Mongols longer than we were." The same is true for the Manchu Qing rule. During Manchu's 300 year rule in China, the Mongols were de facto co-ruler, but the Chinese were real rulees. Even if the Mongols, together with the Chinese, were ruled by the Manchus, it is still illogical for a slave (the Chinese) to claim ownership over another slave (the Mongols) after the death of their ruler (Manchu).

Frankly, all the rationalization and argument is beside the point. What it comes down to -- and should come down to -- is no more than this: by what name is the region commonly called in the English language? The answer is "Inner Mongolia." RGTraynor 14:46, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


Enkhbatt's statement above is obviously inaccurate, long before the founding of PRC the Chinese Republic/ROC had established three provinces (see this 1928 Japanese map) in present-day Inner Mongolia. And the names Inner Mongolia and Nai Mo Ko(Japanese), had respectively existed on foreign maps published in 1908, 1923, 1933, 1935 and 1942. Can people say these are all propaganda under 'CCP occupation'?
Generally, PRC claims over Inner Mongolia are in comformity with the internationally-admitted principle of Succession of states. Note that the Manchu-Mongol co-regime of Qing referred itself to as "China" in the 1728 Kiachta treaty delimiting their Mongolian-Siberian boundary with Russia.--219.79.26.14 15:41, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

To RGTraynor:

If you simplify the things so easily, I can also simply say a Mongolian word to you: Bugseen Havch! Hope you will try to understand the meaning of the word by taking the Mongolian 101 and remind yourself with the word every time when you talk about Mongolia without knowing the truth.

And you think that responding to those who disagree with you with obscenities (as it happens, I know very well what the phrase means) is an appropriate way to win converts to your crusade? Hm. Good luck there, sport. RGTraynor 20:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)