Naiman

Discovered in Shanghai was a "Shang Yang Fang Sheng,"³¹ a standard measure for grain during the period of the reform led by the Chin Prime Minister Shang Yang, dated the 18th year of Prince Hsiao’s³² reign (344 B.C.). It was inscribed on one of its sides. When Chin Shih Huang unified the country, this measure was adopted as the standard throughout the land, and the imperial edict on the matter, issued in the 26th year of his reign, was engraved on its base. In 1973-74 in Shanpaoyingtzu, Naiman Banner, Cherim League,³³ Kirin Province, excavations on an ancient city site revealed a pottery measure engraved with the same imperial edict.

On Saturday, the police detained dozens of residents of Naiman Banner in Inner Mongolia after weeks of protests and violent clashes over fears of pollution from a chemical plant, according to reports from the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, an advocacy group based in the United States, and Radio Free Asia, a broadcaster funded by the United States government.