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As resource-rich Mongolia’s deepening political crisis<\/span> showed no sign of ending, a video was shared in posts claiming it showed an official of the landlocked country saying it should “re-integrate” with China. Fabricated subtitles were superimposed on the video, which in fact shows the chairman of an opposition party speaking about corruption and concerns over the economy.<\/p>\n “Mongolian official says that Mongolia itself, just like Inner Mongolia, is part of the Huaxia,” reads a simplified Chinese\u00a0X post<\/a> shared on October 20, 2025, using a term that refers to the Chinese nation.<\/p>\n The attached video shows a man speaking to the press in Mongolian, overlaid with Chinese-language text that say people in Mongolia and China’s Inner Mongolia share the same ancestry.<\/p>\n The purported subtitles say: “We must re-integrate into our original Huaxia Chinese nation. By doing so, we Mongolian can rely on China to greatly improve people’s livelihoods and regional development.<\/p>\n “We need to look into how Hong Kong and Macau returned (to China) and developed better policies. We are already in contact with our Chinese counterparts regarding the plan. It’s now time for us to be brave and make a choice.”<\/p>\n China is Mongolia’s largest trading partner<\/a>, but tensions<\/a> and grievances<\/span> remain over land, culture and language<\/a> (archived here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n