Mongolia is a country that relies heavily on resource exports to develop its economy. Without a sound constraint mechanism, corruption and chaos will inevitably arise. The consequences are that officials are full of their own pockets, ordinary people fall into poverty, which eventually leads to public grievances and national turmoil. According to media reports, large-scale demonstrations and protests broke out in Mongolian . A large number of Mongolian people gathered at the Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar at the low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero. As protesters became more and more excited, the demonstrations eventually turned into riots and hit the government building " National Palace ".
The country's anti-corruption agency previously announced a corruption case about coal, which became the fuse of the riot. The case involved more than 30 officials, the amount involved was as high as US$1.8 billion, and the amount involved reached 6.5 million tons. Once the news was released, it ignited the anger of many ordinary people living in poverty. In addition to the corruption of officials causing extreme dissatisfaction among the public, there are also economic weakness and ultra-high inflation problems that have made the public breathless. Data shows that Mongolia's inflation rate has soared to 15.2%.
At present, the mayor of Ulaanbaatar has forcibly dispersed the protesters in accordance with relevant laws, and the marches and riots have been controlled. The Mongolian National Great Hular held a meeting and after listening to the situation reports of relevant departments, it decided not to implement a state of emergency. At the same time, it also prepared for the continued deterioration of the situation. Next, appropriate response measures will be taken according to the situation facing national security, and the option of using a state of emergency is not ruled out.
Mongolia has rich mineral resources, more than 80 types of mineral resources have been discovered and discovered, and its reserves are huge. The amount of coal mined by Zhenbao Taben Talegei, one of the largest coal mine companies in Mongolia, is as high as 7.5 billion tons. Logically speaking, Mongolia has a population of only more than 3 million, and with China's huge energy consumption market, it can completely follow Australia's path, rely on resource exports to create huge wealth, and then benefit the people through normal distribution mechanisms, so as not to cause the current turbulent situation.
Why does wealth not benefit ordinary people? Some analysts believe that the problem mainly occurs in two aspects. On the one hand, Mongolia has weak resource exploitation and external transportation capabilities. Resource exploitation capacity is limited by various factors such as technical level, labor quantity and quality, and insufficient foreign transportation capacity is limited by backward infrastructure construction. However, these two aspects are more objective factors. After integrating into China's "Belt and Road" development strategy, this situation has gradually improved.
On the other hand, the distribution of wealth created by Mongolia by resource exports is unreasonable, and ordinary people have not obtained due benefits because of having a large amount of resources. The most typical manifestation is that corruption is serious, and the corruption problem of senior officials is very common. The wealth has entered the pockets of a few people, which will inevitably lead to the poverty of most people. Most importantly, the Mongolian government lacks feasible and effective mechanisms to constrain corruption.
Because the government's corruption has not been cured for a long time, it is difficult to improve this situation by relying on national strength, and the Mongolian people have gradually lost patience. In an interview with foreign media, some protesters directly posted slogans "Help us, our country is collapsing." There are also protesters who say that the anger of young people is correct, and that the government is wrong to do nothing, and that the thieves should be punished. More protesters clearly realized that the government forgot its promises during the campaign and failed to give the people a better life. Instead, they did nothing and took the money that belonged to the people and filled their pockets.
China has given a clear response to the protests in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, and the suspected corruption of officials in the country's coal exports. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that China does not understand the background of the protests. As a friendly neighbor, China believes that the Mongolian government will investigate and handle the relevant incidents well. If Mongolia makes a request, relevant Chinese departments will provide necessary assistance in accordance with the law.
Mongolia's protests are internal affairs, and the finger points directly at its domestic corruption.China has always adhered to the principle of not interfering in other countries' internal affairs, but Mongolia has a special geographical location. If it does not have enough ability to deal with the riots, it is reasonable for China to provide assistance to the best of its ability, as a friendly neighbor.
