Mongolian nationalists are adopting Nazi ideas of racial purity and adapting it to their own situation - nationalists fear the growing influence of China in their country (there are about 2.5 million Mongolians vs. a billion plus Chinese just to the south). Mongolian nationalists fear that Chinese immigrants will "take their jobs" and "marry Mongol women," some of the nationalists are now talking about "using force" to repel the Chinese they feel are slowly taking over their country.
"There was a country called Manchuria about 90 years ago. Now the nation doesn't exist. They have mixed with the Chinese and now they look Chinese," the leader of the nationalist group 'Entire Mongolia' explained to RT on why the Chinese influx needs to be stopped.
And that's where the Nazi ideology comes into play. RT points out that the swastika is an ancient Mongolian symbol, but that it takes on a different meaning when paired with SS lightning bolt insignia. Their report showed young men with shaved heads and swastika tattoos, you could think it was a report on American skinheads, except that the young men were clearly Asian. RT also visited a restaurant in the capital, Ulan Bator that is decked out in Nazi propaganda posters and Wehrmacht uniforms, though the owners insist the place is just a 'theme' restaurant and not a political statement (can you imagine a Nazi eatery in Berlin?)
So far the Mongolian Nazi activities have largely been limited to reporting illegal Chinese and Korean immigrants to the authorities and tagging sites around Ulan Bator with swastikas, but you have to wonder if soon the Mongolian skinheads won't make good on their threats of violence.
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