Mongolians brave the cold to decry corruption
The government says it is investigating a massive coal heist
The temperature in Ulaanbaatar, the world’s coldest capital, has hit minus 30°C. This has not deterred thousands of Mongolians from taking to the city’s vast Sukhbaatar Square in a remarkable series of protests against corruption. As The Economist went to press, the spontaneous demonstrations looked to be about to enter their third week.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “At the coal face”
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