Re: Tibetans fear $3.2 billion railroad is being built at their expense

> > does
> > not mean that China can lay claim to Mongolia on the basis of of
> > Mongol conquest.
> 


China's claims on Mongolia are based on the legitimation and attitude
of Yuan Ruler, Kubilai Khan, himself


> 
> In the Yuan Dynasty, Monglia, namely "Lingbei(Mountain-North)
> Province", was one of the 11 Provinces, directly ruled by Central
> Government in Dadu/Beijing. It is similar with Qing dynasty. Kubilai
> Khan ruled Mongolia from beijing not from
> 
> 

[My last sentence here should read]

Kubilai Khan systematically ruled Mongolia from Beijing, not from the
Kuriltai in He-Lin, the main city in Mongolia homeland