Ed Nef's ('55) Documentary film on Mongolia + dinner and Drinks (Mongolian style).
"Mongolia - Mining Challenges a Civilization" won first prize in the coveted Goldstone Award recently at the Vermont International Film Festival!
Please report to the lobby desk for an escort to the Fulbright Room on the 13th floor. Note this location isat theMetro Center metro stop.
We will be joined by the Andover Club of Washington, DC35$. Members of the Harvard Club of Washington DC & Members of the Andover Community: $35.00. All others: $45.00.
A full dinner will be served with beer/wine and soft drinks,dessert and coffee. Vegetarians will have plenty to eat.. All are welcome to attend.
MongolianStyle Dinner (with wine, beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea)
(no yaks were slaughtered to prepare this meal)
Mongolian Beef with Broccoli and Shredded Carrots
Sweet and Sticky Stir fry Chicken with Scallions and Celery and Water Chestnuts
Hu Hot Shrimp- Grilled with Orange Zest and Plum Sauce and Ginger
Jasmine Rice and Brown Rice
Chinese Stir Fry Vegetables
Mongolian Noodles with Bok Choy
Garden Salad with ginger and Thai Dressing
Orange Pound Cake with Berries and Cream
Many club members will recall Ed Nef's informative and entertaining film on polo playing elephants. The film is titled "Mining Challenges A Civilization."
synopsis
Mongolia is at the cusp of incredible growth, as its enormous mineral wealth is suddenly discovered and exploited by the western world. It was been called the Kuwait of East Asia. Billions of dollars are pouring into this land of less than three million people, whose population until recently was largely nomad. Can this traditional rural civilization, with a love for the land, withstand the muscle of the mining industry, as it tears up the countryside in a helter-skelter effort to maximize its sales, largely to China? Is Mongolia selling its birthright and future to the Chinese market? Greed, graft and corruption are lurking dangers - and yet, no one can deny that if properly managed Mongolia's future has much to gain.
Mongolia is at the cusp of incredible growth, as its enormous mineral wealth is suddenly discovered and exploited by the western world. It was been called the Kuwait of East Asia. Billions of dollars are pouring into this land of less than three million people, whose population until recently was largely nomad. Can this traditional rural civilization, with a love for the land, withstand the muscle of the mining industry, as it tears up the countryside in a helter-skelter effort to maximize its sales, largely to China? Is Mongolia selling its birthright and future to the Chinese market? Greed, graft and corruption are lurking dangers - and yet, no one can deny that if properly managed Mongolia's future has much to gain.
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