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I suppose it would be very different from Tibet: Tibet provides 2/3rd of the water resources of China, and China came and secured it. I don’t think Mongolia has

I suppose it would be very different from Tibet: Tibet provides 2/3rd of the water resources of China, and China came and secured it. I don’t think Mongolia has such scarce resources… does it?

codezero 5y ago
Maybe potential for mining rare earth elements?
enkid 5y ago
Mongolia has a lot of copper, coal, and significant deposits of gold and other raw materials. Mostly, it's the Russians and Chinese that mine it, so that don't really have a reason to invade at this point.