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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 café 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,

Daily Mongolianness

Silent Protest at Sukhbaatar Square

Politics in Mongolia: In Which Threats of Lawsuits Follow

Americanized Mongolia (Mongolia amerikanizzata)

Inner Mongolia was never a part of China: An article

Not Much Parley in Parliament

Throat-Singing: Genghis Blues

Beijing bars told not to serve Mongolians during the Olympics

PM Bayar on Tg1million vs Tg1.5million

Elbegdorj announces his intention to resign as DP head

The Asia Foundation Report: Really?

New Day for New Mongolia?

Parliament: 66 of 76 seats confirmed

Mongolia Culture Blog: Mongolian Wrestling

Naadam! 2

Technical Update

Naadam!

Election Disputes Continue

Mongolia's Democracy Threatened?

Politics Schmolitics

Uneasy Peace

Riot Photos from Suuder.com

State of Emergency Aftermath

State of Peace in Mongolia?

Mongolia - Election 2008: Official Results

MPRP Election Campaign Video

Ts.Elbegdorj's Letter

Mongolia on Al Jazeera

Mongolia State of Emergency Day 3

Mongolia Riot Aftermath: DP power shuffles?

Mongolia Riots: Aftermath 5

Mongolia Riots: Eagle TV footages

Mongolia Riots: Photos

Mongolia Riots: Aftermath 4

Mongolia Riots: Aftermath 3

Mongolia Riots: Aftermath 2

Mongolia Riots: Aftermath

Mongolia Riots: State of Emergency

Mongolia - Election 2008 updates:Violence and Riots

Mongolia - Election 2008 updates: Election Results to be Disputed?