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The chaos theory of Mongolia

I returned to Mongolia 15 years ago after an absence of 13 years, save for the occasional 2-week leave from work, and that time I spent a semester and a half at a local university drinking endless cups of brown, watery 150 Tugrik instant MaCcoffee at the cafĂ© strangely, or perhaps egotistically, named "In my memory", writing the first and so far the only book that got us into trouble with the local intelligence who apparently had little else to do than to pore through the ramblings of teenagers to catch the tell-tale signs of drug dealery. But I digress. When you visit a country for a short period, be it home or not, you hardly have time to immerse yourself in the spirit of the country and the city and feel the nitty gritty and dirty shiny of it all. So after 13 years, it took me a while to readjust and finally understand what the hometown of my childhood had become.  The most striking, ubiquitous, and inescapable feature was and still, unfortunately, is the traffic. In 2008,...

Mongolia - Election 2008 updates: MPRP looks set to win

Against all expectations, MPRP (MAXH) looks set to win this election, with 38 confirmed seats from the rural regions only as of this afternoon, which makes 50% of total seats. UB City results are not yet out. MPRP has already started the celebration by thanking their supporters during a press conference.

I do not know what to say. MPRP has a lot of support from the rural areas, while the DP's main support base is in UB and central regions. I suppose you could say that the majority of voters voted for S.Bayar rather than for the MPRP. Nevertheless, here we go again for another 4 years.

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