Flag of the Inner Mongolian People's Party

The Inner Mongolian independence movement (), also known as the Southern Mongolian independence movement (), is a movement for the independence of

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 ...

(also known as Southern Mongolia) and the political separation of Inner Mongolia from the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It is principally led by the Mongolian diaspora in countries like Japan and the

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, and in some European countries. The movement is led primarily by three popular organizations: the Inner Mongolian People's Party, a member of the

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; the

Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance The Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance () was created in May 1992, by Hada and other Mongol activists including Tegexi. Its major goal is the self-determination of Inner Mongolia (an autonomous region of China). Historical background In the ...

, and the

Mongolian Liberal Union Party Mongolian Liberal Union Party ( mn, Монголын эрх чөлөө холбооны нам, ja, モンゴル自由連盟党, ) is a party which aims to separate Inner Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) from China. The party was started in 2006 in O ...

, led by Temtsiltu Shobtsood (Xi Haiming), the

, led by Hada; and the

, led by Olhunud Daichin. The stated goals of all three organizations are the secession of Inner Mongolia from the People's Republic of China, and either the establishment of an independent Inner Mongolian state or the unification of Inner Mongolia with "Outer Mongolia", i.e. the

State of 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, m ...

. The Chinese government asserts that there is active Inner Mongolian separatism, and the

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and a few other specific examples have been noted. In 2018, Chinese media reported that a man surnamed Jiang was the first in Inner Mongolia to be sentenced on charges of terrorism in the region, although it was not specified what cause he was supporting.

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{{Mongolia topics History of Mongolia Pan-Mongolism Mongolian nationalism Nationalist movements in Asia

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