Traditional herders protest in Inner Mongolia

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Riot police sealed off the streets of Haliut town in Inner Mongolia June 19, as traditional Mongol herders launched a protest march in response to what they call a government-backed land-grab of their ancestral grazing areas. Under a new “Five-Year Plan,” Beijing intends to put an end to China’s last surviving nomadic cultures through mandatory “resettlement.”

Photo: SMHRIC

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