Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Mongolia, which is home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, has elicited curiosity among Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

This will be the pope’s 43rd trip abroad since his election on March 13, 2013: He has visited 12 countries in the Americas, 11 in Asia and 10 in Africa.

What do these visits tell us about this pope’s mission and focus?

As a scholar of Roman Catholicism, I have studied Catholicism’s appeal for immigrants and refugees, and I argue that the pontiff’s official travels since 2013 are part of his decadelong effort to rebrand the Roman Catholic Church as a religious institution that centers the poor.

Prioritizing the poor

While previous popes have included the poor in their speeches, what has distinguished this pope is that he has focused on the Global South and prioritized immigrants, refugees and the less privileged, from Bolivia to Myanmar to Mongolia.

At his July 2013 visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to commemorate migrants who had drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, Francis gave a blistering critique of the world’s failure to care for the poor: “In this globalized world, we have fallen into globalized indifference. We have become used to the suffering of others: it doesn’t affect me; it doesn’t concern me; it’s none of my business!”

Three years later, the pope flew 12 Syrian Muslim refugees from a Greek refugee camp to Rome. Francis is the first pope to relocate refugees and to work with groups like The Community of St. Egidio charity in Rome that have successfully resettled thousands of refugees.

During my own interviews with Central American Catholic immigrants and refugees in central and eastern Iowa between 2013-2020 for my book, “Meatpacking America,” I heard from women and men who fled violence and poverty in their home nations that they look up to this pope “because he cares about us,” as Fernando said. And Josefina told me back in 2017 that this pope is “the real deal” in terms of supporting immigrants and the poor.

Francis and liberation theology

His predecessors – Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict – specifically condemned liberation theology, a philosophy rooted in Catholic social teachings that calls for a preferential option for the poor and an embrace of Marxist ideology.

According to Austen Ivereigh prior to his becoming pope, Francis — then Jorge Mario Bergoglio – condemned liberation theology as well. He would say “that they were for the people but never with them,” wrote Ivereigh, in his biography of Pope Francis.

Since his election as pope, however, Francis has undertaken what I call “people-focused” liberationism. In one of his first official announcements in 2013, “Evangelii Gaudium,” or “The Joy of the Gospel,” the pope wrote about the essential inclusion of the poor in society, arguing that “without the preferential option for the poor, the proclamation of the Gospel, which is itself the prime form of charity, risks being misunderstood or submerged by the ocean of words which daily engulfs us in today’s society of mass communications.”

In other words, the Gospel’s message that all Christians proclaim doesn’t mean a whole lot if the poor are not central to the goal of personal as well as collective salvation.

Journeying to Mongolia

How does the pope’s upcoming visit to Mongolia factor into this decade-spanning trajectory of his people-focused liberation?

Christianity has been present in Mongolia since the seventh century. Nestorianism, an Eastern branch of Christianity named after the Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, who lived from 386 C.E. to 451 C.E., coexisted alongside an even older religious practice, shamanism, which emphasized the natural world and dates to the third century. Nestorians believe that Christ had two natures – one human and one divine.

While Mary was seen as important within Nestorian theology as Christ’s mother, she is not seen as divine. This is similar to Roman Catholic theology where Mary is deemed special because she is Christ’s mother and worthy of veneration.

According to historian Robert Merrihew Adams, the missionary activity of Nestorian Christians in central Asia from the seventh to the 13th centuries was “the most impressive Christian enterprise” of the Middle Ages because of its rapid spread and influence.

Adams argues that Nestorianism’s spread was in part because of its belief that Christ was a two-natured individual – one divine and one human. These two natures in one body meshed well with preexisting shamanic beliefs, as shamanism sees individuals as able to harness the supernatural.

In addition to this branch of Eastern Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism came to Mongolia in the 13th century, as did Islam. Today, Buddhism is the dominant religion of Mongolia, while Islam and Christianity remain very small percentages at 3% and 2.5%.

Pope Francis has made it clear throughout his tenure that interfaith dialogue is an essential remedy to division. During his visit he will preside over an interfaith gathering and the opening of a Catholic charity house.

A strategic visit

The past decade has brought rapid urbanization and growth in major cities such as the capital of Ulaanbaatar, along with high rates of unemployment and Covid-era economic downturn.

And yet, according to the World Bank, the economic forecast for Mongolia remains “promising” because of its rich natural resources, such as gold, copper, coal and other minerals.

However, extraction of Mongolia’s resources is occurring at a rapid pace – so much so that the country, according to the Harvard International Review, has been called “Minegolia.” The United States has made significant investment in Mongolia’s mining industry, and China is a major importer of Mongolian coal. Two rail lines connecting Mongolia to China were installed in January 2022 and a third is being built.

In the past, Francis has made strong comments against corruption and environmental degradation, and it would not be surprising if he addressed the challenges of the mining industry during his trip. During his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023, he critiqued the Global North that contributed to “the poison of greed” that has “smeared its diamonds with blood.” In 2018, the pope spent a few hours in Madre de Dios, an area in the Peruvian Amazon, where mining has led to large-scale environmental degradation.

The pope’s visit will be bold given the challenges before Mongolia and its geographic location between Russia and China. A peace delegation on behalf of Pope Francis for the war in Ukraine, led by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, that visted Russia this summer is likely to head to China in the coming months.

As Italian Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, a missionary in Mongolia for two decades, has emphasized, Pope Francis’s visit to this country with a tiny minority of Catholics will “manifest the attention that the (pope) has for every individual, every person who embarks in this journey of faith.”

Source: The Conversation

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Altai, Western Mongolia – Mendei Berdimurat pulls on the reins of his horse and looks up from beneath the rim of a worn-out flat cap on his head.

The 52-year-old from Saksai in the Altai mountain range in west Mongolia has been a herder all his life. But this year he is worried.

“The lakes should have melted by now. This is June. But seeing it still frozen shows how bad the winter has been,” he says.

Mongolia’s harsh winters are lasting longer each year – bleeding into the summer months – and threatening the survival of nomadic communities who make up one-third of the country’s population of three million.

The extreme weather and the severity of climate change are also having a detrimental effect on food security and income, according to the United Nations.

Berdimurat, who is making his annual 150km migration with his livestock from his winter camp to the summer pastures, looks weary.

“I lost more than 60 animals …” he says. “It is a lot of money to lose.” His herd comprises about 100 animals: yaks, cows, sheep, goats and horses; many are malnourished and look weak.

For most nomads, their wealth is held in their livestock. Since January, more than 483,000 livestock have died from starvation, freezing or disease, according to Mongolia’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.

Serikgul Askerhan, a wife of a herder in her 30s, says her family lost half of their sheep and goats plus 10 yaks this winter. In a simple wood cabin within the national park of Altai Tavan Bogd, 100km from Berdimurat and his herd, she serves Kazakh milk tea and homemade yoghurt and cheese.

Coming in from the cold, Askerhan’s 70-year-old mother-in-law who they call Äje (grandmother in Kazakh) rubs her hands together to warm them. She has lived through many difficult winters, but says this year was unusual because the snow never stopped.

“Usually it will snow and then we have a few days where it stops. January is the coldest month. But the snow came again in March and kept snowing until after April … Now in the middle of June places are still frozen. I have never seen this in all my life.”

The Mongolian government tried to collect and bury the dead animals this winter but the landscape – vast, open mountainous terrain that stretches as far as the eye can see – remains dotted with half-eaten, decayed carcasses now being exposed from the deep thaw.

This year, temperatures plummeted to below minus 40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit) in some provinces. Relief agencies have been trying to support nomadic communities but many live in hard-to-reach areas.

Last summer 50 percent of the territories in the west and south saw hay yields decline from the severe drought and there was a deterioration of pasture from overgrazing and insufficient reserves for livestock production. When winter hit, the nomads were ill-prepared. The frozen lakes in Altai are now beginning to melt and flooding is the next problem they face – as it cuts off key access routes and makes migration harder and riskier.

“Mongolia is highly vulnerable to climate change, experiencing warm temperatures, at almost three times the rate of the global average in the last 70 years,” Tapan Mishra, the UN’s resident coordinator for Mongolia, said in a March report.

About 80 percent of rural households in Mongolia are at risk of losing their livelihoods, Mishra added, due to unfavourable weather conditions, insufficient reserves for livestock production and the economic crisis’s effect on fuel and food supplies.

He says in his lifetime he has never witnessed a winter like this. “There was so much snow, and since February it didn’t stop. It meant there was no grass to graze the animals.”

“Is this climate change? He asks. “I don’t know, but I know that the winters are not the same. There is definite change.”

Source: Al Jazeera

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The parties agreed to conclude an intergovernmental contract on the exemption of holders of diplomatic and service passports from visa requirements. They also agreed to intensify cooperation in the fields of tourism and agriculture.

The consultation meeting was chaired by Director for Europe Battungalag Ganhaich from the Mongolian side, and Director for Asia and the Pacific Karin Mössenlechner from the Netherlands.

Secretary of State Ankhbayar Nyamdorj received representatives of the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands after the meeting.

In addition to discussing the expansion of relations and cooperation between the two countries, the Secretary of State presented Mongolia’s long-term and medium-term development policy, as well as its foreign policy goals. He also expressed desire to cooperate with the Netherlands in this context on a mutually beneficial basis.

Source: Akipress

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China imported US$42 million ($63 million) worth of Australian coal last month, according to government data, the first confirmation that Beijing has lifted an unofficial ban on the key export.

China customs data for January and February released this week shows 73,982 tonnes of coking coal and 134,254 tonnes of thermal coal were imported from Australia.

The total of 207,236 tonnes was a fraction of the 92 million tonnes of coal Australia exported to China in 2019, but analysts said they expected volumes to increase, now that the unofficial ban designed to punish the former Morrison government had been abolished.

Coal imports from Indonesia, Mongolia and Russia overshadowed the volumes from Australia in the same period. The data also shows China is stepping up coal imports from Russia as it seeks to bolster economic ties with Moscow despite Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The volume of coal from Mongolia imported to China during the first two months of the year increased more than fivefold to more than 8 million tonnes. Russian coal imports also more than doubled to 14.8 million tonnes. Indonesian imports rose 84 per cent to 35 million tonnes.

Last month, S&P Global said three Chinese state-owned power plants – China Datang, China Huaneng Group and China Energy Investment – as well as steel producer China Baowu Steel Group had received permission to import Australian coal. Analysts said there were larger volumes of Australian coal currently on their way to China.

Today Think Tank, a China-based consultancy, said about 2 million tonnes of Australian coal was on its way to China that was not reflected in the current data. Bloomberg said last week that China would allow all domestic companies to import Australian coal.

Australia is the world’s biggest exporter of coking coal with a market share of about 56 per cent.

A resumption in Australian coal exports follows a thawing in bilateral relations since Anthony Albanese met Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in October.

The Albanese government has asked China to remove sanctions on $20 billion worth of Australian exports, including coal, wine, seafood and other products imposed in 2020. There have been indications China is also easing restrictions on Australian lobsters, cotton and timber.

In January, China imported about 502 tonnes of timber-related products with another 449 tonnes in February, state media reported.

Trade Minister Don Farrell hopes to visit China this year.

China has never formally acknowledged the political bans imposed after the Morrison government called for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. Politically motivated sanctions would breach international trading rules.

Last week, China’s Ministry of Commerce declined to confirm whether the coal ban had been lifted, or whether one had been imposed in the first place.

“China implements automatic licensing management for coal imports, and automatic coal import licences can be applied for normally,” a ministry spokeswoman said when asked to confirm if the ban had been lifted.

“What needs to be emphasised is that China manages foreign trade in accordance with WTO rules and Chinese laws and regulations, and it is inappropriate to misinterpret relevant management methods as restrictive measures.”

Source : Financial Review

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Mongolia has received a total of 76,068 foreign tourists so far this year, with Russia, China and South Korea being the biggest sources of its tourist arrivals, the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism said on Monday.

The Mongolian government has been taking measures to revive the pandemic-hit tourism sector, reports Xinhua news agency.

Particularly, it has exempted citizens of 34 countries from visa requirements for up to 30 days until the end of 2025.

The country has also classified 2023, 2024 and 2025 as “Years to Visit Mongolia”, and is expected to organise more than 90 events in 2023 to promote tourism.

Mongolia has set a goal of welcoming at least 1 million foreign tourists and earning $1 billion from tourism in the coming years.

The country received a total of 290,400 foreign tourists in 2022, earning $350 million from the tourism sector.

Source : Daiji World

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Construction has begun on the world’s first large-scale project to produce alkene, or olefin, using green hydrogen in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group announced on Wednesday.

The first phase, with a total investment of 47.8 billion yuan ($7.1 billion), is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2024.

It is also the world’s largest coal-to-olefin project, with an annual alkene production capacity of 2.6 million tons from coal and 400,000 tons from green hydrogen — produced from clean energy, including solar and wind sources.

Alkene is one of the most basic raw materials in the chemical industry. It can be used to make polyolefin and synthetic rubber, which is widely used in packaging, furniture, household appliances, automobiles, aerospace and other fields. Currently, it is mainly obtained from naphtha, coal, and gas.

In this project, green hydrogen will partly replace raw coal to be added into the methanol synthesis project unit, thus reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Meanwhile, the byproduct oxygen can be added to the gasification unit to reduce energy consumption in the air separation unit.

Compared with the pure coal option, the project is expected to increase methanol production by 1.23 million tons annually, save standard coal by 2.53 million tons and reduce carbon emissions by 6.31 million tons.

Source : ECNS

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The country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism said this on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

Under the auspices of the country’s President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, a national conference to discuss the pressing issues in the forestry sector was held on Monday.

The conference was on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, the ministry said in a statement.

“Environmental problems are all interconnected.

“If we lose trees, we will lose water, air, soil and even life,’’ Minister of Environment and Tourism Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene said.

He urged the country’s forestry authorities and citizens to contribute to planting more trees and protecting the environment.

Mongolia has a total land area of 1,564,116 square km, only around 8 per cent of which is covered by forests.

About 77 per cent of the country’s total territory has been affected by desertification and land degradation, according to official data.

Therefore, the Asian country launched a nationwide tree-planting campaign “Billion Trees’’ initiated by the president in October 2021.

He said the tree planting was aimed to plant at least a billion trees by 2030 to combat desertification.

The country had planted more than 10 million trees across the country since the launch of the tree-planting campaign, according to the ministry.

Source : Enviro News Nigeria

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Mongolia has witnessed a total of 76,068 tourists from abroad until now this year. Russia, China and South Korea comprise the major sources of its tourist influxes, stated the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism.

The Mongolian government has been making use of a lot of stepsfor revivingits pandemic-affected tourism division.

Predominantly, the country has relievedthe citizens of 34 countries from visa necessities for the period of 30 days up to the end of 2025.

Besides, Mongolia has regarded asthis year, along with 2024 and 2025 as the ‘Years to Visit Mongolia’, and is expected to organize more than 90 occasionsthis year for promoting tourism.

Mongolia has fixed anobjective of greeting at least 1 million overseas tourists and receiving $1 billion from tourism in the years to come.

The country witnessed a total of 290,400 tourists from abroad last year, making $350 million from the tourism sector.

Source : Travel and Tour World

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When Xi Jinping was officially awarded a third term as president of the People’s Republic of China, after previously having altered the constitution to remove the two-term limit, it set him up to rule for 15 consecutive years – at least.

Considering the growing insecurities surrounding Northeast Asia, what does Xi’s third term mean for China-Mongolia bilateral relations?

Since Xi first ascended to the presidency in 2013, international relations and global governance have faced a profound change. As competition between the United States and China has sharpened, the significance of maritime security and freedom of navigation has become even more apparent. For landlocked countries like Mongolia, each shift can have an impact on the economy, security, and foreign policy. For Ulaanbaatar, particularly because of its close proximity to Beijing, China’s policy toward Mongolia and Mongolia’s policy toward China is something to be considered for the long haul.

There are three main areas of China-Mongolia bilateral relations: governance, economics, and diplomacy. Particularly in the Xi era, these areas all combine together to define the trajectory of China-Mongolia relations.

On the issue of governance, authoritarianism has been growing in Northeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region at large. Freedom House’s 2022 Freedom in the World report indicated a rise in authoritarian rule, and both of Mongolia’s neighbors, Russia and China, are leading the authoritarian leadership narrative. One key finding from Freedom House is that authoritarian governments are collaborating to consolidate power and accelerate their attacks on democracy and human rights. This is the elephant in the room for Mongolia: It is a democracy, not only sandwiched between two large powers but linked tightly with two growing authoritarian regimes that are not leaving office anytime soon.

While Xi has extended his presidential grip to the third term, during his rule Mongolia has had three presidential elections and as many different presidents. Between 2009 to 2017, Elbegdorj Tsakhia served two consecutive terms, making him so far the longest-serving president of modern Mongolia’s history. Battulga Khaltmaa served from 2017-2021. Current President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa will be the first president to serve one six-year term, thanks to new constitutional amendments.

From a global governance perspective, Mongolia’s three successful presidential elections highlight the country’s democratic process. Freedom House’s rankings illustrate a sharp distinction between Beijing’s authoritarian governance and Ulaanbaatar’s democratic process. In 2022, Mongolia scored 84 out of 100, 36/40 on political rights and 48/60 on civil liberties. In contrast, China scored 9/100, -2/40 on political rights, and 11/60 on civil liberties.

Although these scores highlight the distinction between China and Mongolia in areas of political and social rights, the fact that Mongolia is landlocked between increasingly authoritarian governments obliges Ulaanbaatar to make additional efforts to defend and maintain its democracy, democratic governance, and its process.

Yet despite the differences in governance, Mongolian administrations have consistently sought economic opportunities in the economic powerhouse to the south. Former President Elbegdorj Tsakhia envisaged a tripartite economic corridor between Ulaanbaatar’s traditional partners, Moscow and Beijing, including 30 proposed investment projects.

Elbegdorj first proposed the trilateral economic corridor in 2014, during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. From Ulaanbaatar’s economic standpoint, establishing an economic corridor with Moscow and Beijing is only natural and has tremendous tax and logistical advantages considering the close proximity of the three countries.

Under Xi’s tenure, China-Mongolia bilateral relations, particularly, economic partnerships, have only expanded. Chinese investments will continue to flow into Mongolia whether it is within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative – generally involving state-owned enterprises – or the private sector. The longevity of Xi’s presidency gives his administration an overall understanding of Mongolia’s foreign policy as a whole, and Xi believes that he can deliver economic cooperation.

Since Xi took office, his economic policy toward Ulaanbaatar ensured China remained Mongolia’s highest export destination and trade partner. According to the China Brief, in 2021, “Mongolia exported a total volume of goods worth US$7.63 billion into China, with mining products making up 93 percent of it.” Newly emerging investments will, however, target Mongolia’s renewable energy and banking sectors.

That said, as traditional partners, two nations whose history has been bound together for centuries, there comes a time when something else needs to be offered other than an economic gain. This was shown during the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdowns in both Ulaanbaatar and Beijing.

Battulga Khaltmaa’s presidency (2017-2021) saw China-Mongolia and Mongolia-Russia relations tested in many ways, but the significance of strong ties between Russia, China, and Mongolia, including trilateral activities, remained visible. Despite the challenges, the Battulga administration, did not derail from the general foreign policy direction. Instead, Battulga’s diplomacy strengthened China-Mongolia bilateral relations for the long haul.

While the rest of the world bashed Beijing for spreading the coronavirus, Battulga’s diplomacy demonstrated Mongolia’s “good neighbor” relations. The so-called sheep diplomacy, the donation of 30,000 sheep, was indeed more than a diplomatic gesture but carried deep symbolism..

The incumbent president of Mongolia, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa took office in 2021. For Xi Jinping, Khurelsukh will be the third Mongolian president he would meet.

Khurelsukh’s first state visit to Beijing in November 2022 placed a heavy emphasis on China-Mongolia economic ties, particularly in the context of the post-COVID economic recovery. During the Khurelsukh-Xi meeting, Xi pointed out that China’s development plan includes contributing to the development of its neighbors, and China is ready to accelerate projects in Mongolia.

On Mongolia’s part, the interest to attract investment, not just from Beijing, but also from global partners is a strong incentive.

Since he took office in 2012, Xi has built stable, progressive economic relations with Mongolia’s three different presidential administrations and even more prime ministers. Xi’s third term as president will likely sustain the previously established economic agreements. Although his third term may not launch a new direction with Ulaanbaatar, China-Mongolia economic ties will continue to be a top priority.

Mongolia currently envisions a two-step strategy in bolstering bilateral trade, investment, finance, mining, energy, infrastructure, e-commerce, and green energy sectors with Beijing. From a foreign policy perspective, Mongolia and China will maintain high-level dialogues on the economy, contemporary international affairs, and security issues concerning both Ulaanbaatar and Beijing.

Khurelsukh will be the Mongolian president who will have the longest relationship with Xi, now that the Chinese leader has secured a third term; they will both be in power for the entirety of Khurelsukh’s six-year term. As comprehensive strategic partners and as leaders of Mongolia and China, the two will likely increase cooperation in emerging sectors such as renewable energy, development projects, and infrastructure and construction.

Source : The Diplomat

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However, Friday was a gameday for Sharavjamts and the Flyers, so he had no part in an event at the CareSource building downtown. His dad, Sharavjamts Tserenjankhar, said Mike knew the City of Dayton was honoring him but didn’t know about the event or how many people came to celebrate it.

All of Mike’s focus was on a game Friday night against Saint Louis at UD Arena. Tserenjankhar, who is living in Centerville this season while Mike plays, did attend the event. He and all the Mongolians present planned to attend the game Friday night as well as all six Mongolian families living in the Dayton area.

“This is a big surprise for me,” Tserenjankhar said. “I couldn’t imagine what one little boy could do. A freshman basketball player is now like a bridge between two countries.”

Among the speakers were:

• Erhardt Preitauer, President and CEO of CareSource.

• H.E. Batbayar Ulziidelger, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia.

• Bayarmagnai Baika Puntsag, a consul at the Consulate General of Mongolia in San Francisco.

• Battsetseg Tuvshintugs, of the Consulate of Mongolia in Chicago.

• Uuganbayar Urjinbadam, a board member with the Mongolian Business Council of Chicago.

Dayton Mayor Jeffrey J. Mims also spoke and formally declared Feb. 10, 2023, as Mongolian Day in Dayton. According to the proclamation, the event was organized to not only honor Sharavjamts but to “highlight the culture, economy, athletics and people of Mongolia.”

The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, the State of Ohio and the office of U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, also issued proclamations recognizing Mongolian Day.

The ambassador, Ulziidelger, traveled from Washington, D.C., for the event. He spoke of the growing popularity of Sharavjamts in Mongolia and how so many people there have started rooting for the Flyers because of Sharavjamts.

“Thank you for everyone who has supported Mike,” Ulziidelger said. “With your support and your encouragement, I’m sure young people will follow the example of Mike and shine in the United States. Once again, we would like to congratulate the humble, young man, Mike, who’s paving the way for other Mongolian youth and wish his Dayton Flyers team success and victories.”

About the Author

David Jablonski covers the Dayton Flyers and other sports for the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal News.

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