VOA Mandarin: American-born Mongolian girl fights for Southern Mongolia's freedom

 

FILE – Temtselt Shobshuud of the Southern Mongolia Congress protests against the Chinese government, June 29, 2019, in Osaka, Japan. A young activist recently told U.S. lawmakers about Chinese Communist Party efforts to erase Mongolian heritage and culture.

Temulun Togchug, 17, born to a Mongolian couple who fled to the United States, recently stood before the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China in Washington to testify about the worsening human rights situation in Southern Mongolia. With conviction, Temulun shared with U.S. lawmakers the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to erase Mongolian heritage and culture in her family homeland.

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By:VOA