Inner Asia 1(1999): 169-194

The essay is an historical investigation of the Chinese National Government's policy toward Inner Mongolian nationalism during the postwar years. The study reveals that the seemingly marginal 'Mongolian question' was actually at the core of the KMT--CCP struggle for northern and northeastern China. Through examining the government's rigid and Chinese-centric policies and its misconceptions about the conditions of postwar Inner Mongolia, the study contends that the KMT government's blunders in the Inner Mongolian ethno-politics were among the reasons for its loss to the Chinese Communists in the civil war. The study is based on a solid research of archival as well as published materials.

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