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Temtsiltu Shobtsood ( mn, Шовчууд Тэмцэлт; born August 1956) or Temtselt Shobshuud, also known as his Chinese name Xi Haiming ( zh, c=席海明), is an ethnic Mongol activist who campaign for independence of "Southern Mongolia" (China's
Temtsiltu Shobtsood ( mn, Шовчууд Тэмцэлт; born August 1956) or Temtselt Shobshuud, also known as his Chinese name Xi Haiming ( zh, c=席海明), is an ethnic Mongol activist who campaign for independence of "Southern Mongolia" (China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
). Now he is the chairman of Inner Mongolian People's Party
The Inner Mongolian People's Party (IMPP) is an Inner Mongolian secessionist movement. The party was started in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. Citing the abuses of the Chinese government against Mongols during the Cultural Revolution, the goal ...
.
Temtsiltu was born in Naiman Banner
Naiman Banner ( Mongolian: ''Naiman qosiɣu''; ) is a banner of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Tongliao City, to the northeast, and lies on China National Highway 111
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, a banner in Tongliao
Tongliao (; mn, ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Байшинт хот) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 i ...
, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
. In early 1981, while at university he joined the Inner Mongolian student movement together with Hada, Huchuntegus and Wang Manlai, which was campaigning to preserve Mongolian identity in Inner Mongolia under Chinese law. Due to his activities, the Chinese authorities put him under surveillance.
He graduated from Inner Mongolia Normal University and obtained his bachelor's degree in history in 1982. He founded the Inner Mongolian League for the Defense of Human Rights in 1987, and opened a Mongolian studies bookstore in Hohhot
Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...
in 1990. In 1991, he was arrested together with Huchuntegus and many of his friends by the Chinese government. Later, he and Huchuntegus fled to Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
. He was granted political asylum in Germany
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in 1993.
In 1997, he started the Inner Mongolian People's Party
The Inner Mongolian People's Party (IMPP) is an Inner Mongolian secessionist movement. The party was started in 1997 in Princeton, New Jersey. Citing the abuses of the Chinese government against Mongols during the Cultural Revolution, the goal ...
in Princeton, New Jersey
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, the goal of which is to attain independence for Inner Mongolia. He currently lives in Germany together with his wife and daughter.
See also
*Inner Mongolian independence movement
The Inner Mongolian independence movement (), also known as the Southern Mongolian independence movement (), is a movement for the independence of Inner Mongolia (also known as Southern Mongolia) and the political separation of Inner Mongolia fro ...
References
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