Cultural Revolution reappears in Inner Mongolia; Mongolian cultural symbols overthrown and Mongol language eradicated

 Interview : Chang Chun / Editor : Shang Yan Post-production/Chen Jianming

 Ref: https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/09/10/a102937933.html / Direct translation

Images : Video Screenshots (Composite picture)

The CCP is forcibly promoting Chinese language education in Inner Mongolia. In addition to threatening civil servants to send their children to school by means of "dismissal, dismissal, suspension of welfare" and other means. Online video shows that the authorities have also destroyed signs of Mongolian culture in public, and gradually eradicated Mongolian characters in various prominent places.

The forklift slowly moved away and knocked down a Mongolian-style building. This video posted on Twitter by netizens on September 9 showed that the cultural symbols of the Mongolian ethnic group are being removed just like churches are demolished in many places.

In addition, some netizens posted videos stating that Erlianhaote had begun to deliberately obscure Mongolian characters on buses.

This is a new move after the Chinese Communist Party's forceful promotion of Chinese language education in Inner Mongolia aroused mass resistance.

tizens left messages and condemned: "Intentionally instigating national hatred in the country", "Want to engage in cultural extinction in Inner Mongolia?" "Those who have experienced the Cultural Revolution never expected that they would experience the second Cultural Revolution."

Dulaan, a Mongolian living in the United States: "For Southern Mongolia, it can be said that it was the second Cultural Revolution. The first Cultural Revolution was the massacre of Mongolians, a genocidal massacre. The CCP itself admitted that there were 16,222 people, but they were actually Ulanhu. The speech said that there were 35,000 people. Later, the Mongols themselves investigated more than 60,000 people. But this time it is not killing Mongolians but Mongolian culture."

Inner Mongolia is promoting the national compilation of textbooks. Starting from this autumn, Chinese, politics and history courses will be gradually taught in Chinese in elementary and middle schools. Some netizens compared this year's new edition of textbooks and pointed out that the "Young Genghis Khan" in the Mongolian textbook was replaced by Bing Xin's "A Little Orange Lantern". This short story describes the life of the CCP's Chongqing underground party during the Anti-Japanese War. Another "Blue Mongolian Plateau" was replaced with "Serving the People." This article written by Mao Zedong claimed that the CCP army was "all for the people." In addition, the "Mongolian Primary School" in the textbook illustrations has also been replaced with Chinese characters, and the original portrait of Genghis Khan's 11th generation grandmother has been replaced with a computer desktop similar to Win7.

Mr. Su, a Mongolian living in the United States: "The cancellation of Mongolian language teaching is to completely eliminate Mongolian culture, let you absorb the party culture, let you give up your ability to think from the roots and the essence of Mongolian culture."

Mr. Su, a Mongolian living in the United States, said that the CCP actually wants to change every Chinese and not allow them to think independently. This is not just a problem for the Mongolians.

Mr. Su: "Actually, I think this matter is not only related to the Mongolians, but also to the Han people. I think the first thing the Communist Party destroyed was not Mongolian culture, but the first thing to destroy was Han culture, Chinese traditional culture. The Four Olds' Beijing City is demolished. And it eliminates not only minority languages, but it wants to eliminate Hokkien and Cantonese. It is doing it, and it is doing it now."

Mr. Su also emphasized that in addition to the Mongolian language that has attracted attention this time, people should understand that the CCP has been suppressing Mongolians since its establishment.

Mr. Su: "In addition to culture, this time it is a draw from the bottom of the pot. I think I want to emphasize one thing. It suppresses the living environment of the Mongols, it suppresses Mongolian wealth, and the development of mineral resources. This has caused the Mongolians to be very much Big dilemma."

The authorities are now threatening civil servants to send their children to school by means of "removal, dismissal, suspension of benefits" and other means. But the Mongols still insist on the struggle to protect their mother tongue. The Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center reported that on September 9, more than 30 students in the second and third grades of middle school fled Zhenglan Banner Mongolian Middle School. Most of these children were government officials, CCP members, and classroom children, and were forcibly taken into school.

Mr. Su: "There is a Mongolian in a pastoral area. They dare not sleep at home every night. They take their children away from home and set up tents out of sight. They come back during the day to see the cattle and sheep. There are also Mongolians fighting with me. The phone cried and asked me what to do. For them, all kinds of threats, intimidation, and tracking recordings abound. Recently, a large number of withdrawals from our WeChat group have been forced."

The video circulated on Twitter showed that the hostess of Inner Mongolia TV station was in grief and indignation, choked with tears. Another TV host summoned the Mongolians not to give up. In addition, Ms. Mongolia refused to sign the "Consent Letter" to let people leave her home immediately.