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Good start to discussion on draft law, as inputs pour in
The importance attached to the discussion of the Draft Mineral Law on January 18 was obvious from the fact that the venue, a meeting room on the 3rd floor of Blue Sky Tower, was full half an hour before its scheduled start at 9.30 am.
Incorrigible corruption
As if two quotes as epigraph are not enough, I begin the text of the column with yet another, this one Mongolia-specific: “Mainstream media can’t stop fixating on a ‘corrupt’ (is there really any other kind?) government and the (yawn) Oyu Tolgoi negotiations.” My apologies for not being able to attribute this, but I cannot recollect where I read it, though it was quite recently.
Mongolia’s moment
What has been going on in Mongolia is unique, and it has been on my mind ever since it began. What’s important, however, is that we focus on what this means on the street.