Tjalling Halbertsma (born 1969 in

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) is a lawyer and anthropologist from the

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. Since 1996 he is primarily based in

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and

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. He has published several books and articles about Asia, and has written travel stories about Mongolia in the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Between 2000 and 2004, he served as adviser to

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. He was also the adviser to his successful election campaign to become

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in 2005. He has published extensively on

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which resulted in a Ph.D. at the

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Institute of

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in 2007.

Bibliography

*''China, East Asia and the European Union'' (co-edited with Jan van der Harst), Leiden: Brill (2016) *''Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia: Discovery, Reconstruction and Appropriation'', Leiden: Brill (July 2008) *''Yeti Jagers: Het geheime onderzoek naar de wilde mens van Centraal-Azië'', Haarlem: Hollandia-Dominicus, (May 2008) *''Sprong naar het Westen: In het spoor van de Chinese ontdekker van Europa'', Haarlem: Hollandia-Dominicus, (October 2005) *''Mongolië'', Amsterdam: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen ; Den Haag: Novib ; Brussel: 11.11.11, (2005) *''Steppeland: Berichten uit Mongolië'', Haarlem: Hollandia-Dominicus, 2003. ''(Translated into Chinese and Czech)'' *''De Verloren Lotuskruisen'', Haarlem: Altamira-Becht, 2002

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