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ULAANBATAAR, MONGOLIA - OCTOBER 18: A young Mongolian boy sits in a motorized toy car wearing traditional dress at Sukhbataar Square October 18, 2012 Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. Some 100 years ago, Mongolia gained independence from Qing China, and more than 20 years ago it removed itself from the Soviet Bloc. Since then, the country has been undergoing massive social, economic and political changes. The Oyu Tolgoi, the copper and gold mine is Mongolia’s biggest foreign investment project to date adding an estimated 35% value to the country’s GDP. Mongolia is a land of amazing contrasts and is the most sparsely populated country on earth with fewer than 3 million people. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
154267370_pb004ulaanbataar.jpg Mongolia’s biggest foreign investment project to date and which may a

ULAANBATAAR, MONGOLIA - OCTOBER 18: A young Mongolian boy sits in a motorized toy car wearing traditional dress at Sukhbataar Square October 18, 2012 Ulaanbataar, Mongolia. Some 100 years ago, Mongolia gained independence from Qing China, and more than 20 years ago it removed itself from the Soviet Bloc. Since then, the country has been undergoing massive social, economic and political changes. The Oyu Tolgoi, the copper and gold mine is Mongolia’s biggest foreign investment project to date adding an estimated 35% value to the country’s GDP. Mongolia is a land of amazing contrasts and is the most sparsely populated country on earth with fewer than 3 million people. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)