On August 26, 2020, Inner Mongolian Education Department declared an education reform. The reform mandated Mandarin as the primary language for ethnic schools. This policy took effect on September 1, 2020.
On September 1, thousands of Mongols joined a rare boycott against the Communist Party of China’s new school curriculums. They feared the reform would sabotage their ethnic identity. Parents gathered in front of the schools to bring their children home, and as a result, a large number of paramilitary police arrived and formed blockades at…
