Xinna (Hada's wife) Statement
Xinna spoke today of the further erosion of the nomadic lifestyle in Southern Mongolia. She reported that Ulaan Chab banner's nomads have been given an end of June deadline to sell their animals and move out to make way for a mining operation. Nomads are being paid 4 Yuans for 1 mou (0.7 hectare) of land. No provisions being offered for relocation or social services to the affected nomads. Ulaan chab aimag had been converted from an IMAR aimag (banner) to a Chinese 'city' administrative unit many years ago, and the decision to remove the nomads is yet another indication of Chinese economic decisions which completely ignore Mongol cultural and economic interests. Reference to a Mr. Zorigt, Khangai gacaa resident to provide greater details. The continuing decline of the economic status of the average Mongol in the IMAR is also seen in the sales decline in Xinna's shop, signs of a dwindling Mongol clientele. No news since Tsagaan (the Mongolian new year) about Hada. Link
July 27, 2008
03:30
4.0
Uiles (Hada's son) Statement
Uiles talked about his recent visit with his father on July 14. Prior to obtaining permission to visit his father, Uiles was told by the authorities of new regulations concerning prisoner visits, that any cell phone or camera would not be permitted, and that he should leave such items at the hotel prior to arriving at the prison. When he arrived at the prison, he was throughly searched before being permitted to enter the visitors' area. The unusual thoroughness of the search was probably related to the heightened security associated with the upcoming Olympics. Uiles found evidence later that his hotel room had been searched while he was visiting his father. Uiles was only allowed a single visit with his father for a duration of only 40 minutes. Although Uiles requested a second meeting, he was told that it would depend on his father's mental condition, but was later denied a second visit. Regarding Hada's health, Uiles was told that Hada's legs and feet were in a great deal of pain and he was having a great deal of difficulty walking. Despite the great deal of pain, Hada is compelled to walk to the prison mess hall if he wants to eat. Hada has sent an appeal to the prison authorities protesting his conditions and treatment. Uiles mentions that Hada was given a medical exam on June 12, to which he was taken in handcuffs and as part of the overall physical examination, given a neurological exam. The results of the medical tests and examination were not provided to Hada or family. Link
Aug. 2, 2008
03:52
4.4
Haschuluu (Hada's uncle) Statement
I was allowed to visit him recently. His health situation is getting worse. Food quality is very poor.
He was taken to a hospital to take medical examination. The medical examination result was not
given to anybody. No clear explanation about the result was given to Hada himself either. Now he
is worried that he will be killed by the prison authorities. This fear is indeed reasonable and
there is some posibility that he will be mal-treated to death. For example, the prison authorities
can say that Hada died under heart-attack etc. That is possible. Hada himself doesn't agree that he has
this kind of serious physical failure. Link
Aug. 24, 2008
02:26
2.7
Xinna (Hada's wife) Statement
The Beijing Olympics is not a game for citizens, it is a political game through which China tries to glorify
its regime. During the Olympics, citizens of China have been victimized the most. For example, citizen's daily
activities and normal businesses have been disrupted in order to give way to the Olympics; communications between
Beijing and elsewhere have been tightly controlled and strictly restricted; sending merchandise to Beijing was
prohibited. I tried to send some T-shirt to my clients in Beijing, it was not allowed; reportedly, computer stores
and internet cafes in Zhong Guan Cun District of Beijing was forced to shutdown their business for two days due to
the "security concern" of the Olympics. This time, China got many gold medals. But this doesn't reflect anything.
The government continues to shutdown many sport facilities in Huhhot because everything is tied to the economic
profit. The Government is not in the position of considering the citizens' health situation or social benefit. For
example, there were several swimming pools open to the public in Huhhot until last year. But they were shutdown
because they failed to make profits for the government. So, what the use of winning so many gold medals? It means
that the gold metals are just for name or face of the Government. Link
Aug. 31, 2008
03:15
3.7
Xinna (Hada's wife) Statement
I would like to talk about why the Mongolian students go abroad. In recent years, Mongolian
students, especially those who educated in Mongolian language, have been going abroad, in particular to Japan.
The main reason for this is that Mongolian students graduated from any college have very little opportunity to
get a decent job in this Chinese society. Plus, their economically disadvantaged family background made them
extremely helpless before the highly corrupt Chinese society where without money and without bribe nothing can
be done. For example, to find a teacher's position in some medical colleges or health instituations that are considered
highly profitable places where one can easily earn the bribe amount through bribery, one has to pay at least 50,000 yuan
to persons who are in charge of offering the position. Mongolian students from rural areas have no means to get this huge
bribe money to compete for the position. So, the only way left for them is to leave this Chinese society. That is to go abroad. Link
Sep. 28, 2008
02:37
2.9
Xinna (Hada's wife) Statement
China's Space Shuttle project
A substantial effort is being made on the Chinese space shuttle program. A tremendous amount of resources is being expended in promoting the project. The national news media are promoting national pride in these achievements with a great deal of propaganda touting this as a great accomplishment, placing China now in the ranks of the most technologically advanced countries, being the 3rd such nation to have attained such a great technological achievement. Such a great expenditure is being made despite the fact that the economy is not as stable as it should be, so in thinking about this, it seems to me that there is some unusual motive also in all this, an ominous view of perhaps dominating the world on some level in the degree of national self-aggrandizement that's being expressed in the propaganda. This is very much an unhealthy national attitude in China today when ordinary citizens are deprived of so much in order to fund this program. Link
