Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have described the situation there as “war-like” following a huge influx of troops into the region and a security lock-in at schools, universities and government institutions, according to a leaked official document.
The document, issued by the regional committee of the ruling Communist Party, described recent protests by thousands of ethnic Mongolians in the region’s major cities as the work of “external hostile forces,” although it made no mention of where those forces originated.
“Today Hohhot [the regional capital] is in a war-l...