Students approach a statue of Mongolian

Hohhot, CHINA: Students approach a statue of Mongolian hero Genghis Khan on the Inner Mongolia University campus, 10 February 2006 in Hohhot, capital of China's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's empire will be celebrated this year in both the land of his birth in independent and democratic Mongolia, and in the southern stretch of land controlled by China and called Inner Mongolia. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)