And now Mongolia. (Asia)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 17, 1990 | Copyright information

And now Mongolia

AT FIRST glance there may be little amid Mongolia's high rolling steppes, snow-clogged mountains and sprawling deserts to remind the traveller of the clamour of Berlin, Budapest or Prague. But listen carefully in this remote, sparsely populated Asian land, and you will hear a familiar sound--the sound of communist power collapsing in the face of people power.

The echoes from Mongolia may travel far beyond its own borders. So far Mongolia's nort...

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