Editing Demchugdongrub (section)

===Early political activities===
Demchugdongrub was appointed as a member of the Chahar Provincial Committee in 1929. In 1931, he succeeded to the post of the Chief of the Xilingol League after Yang Cang ({{lang|zh|楊桑}} ''Yáng Sāng'') and Sodnom Rabdan ({{lang|zh|索特那木拉布坦}} ''Suǒtènàmù Lābùtǎn'').

During September 1933, the Mongolian princes of Chahar Province and [[Suiyuan]] traveled to the temple at [[Bailingmiao]] north of [[Hohhot|Guihua]] and gathered in a council chamber with Demchugdongrub, who for months had been trying to found a pan-Mongolian self-rule movement. In mid-October, despite their traditional suspicions of one another, they and Demchugdongrub agreed to draw up confederation documents for the Inner Mongolian banners. They sent word to [[Nanjing]] that they intended to rule Inner Mongolia themselves. They indicated that if they were obstructed by the Chinese government, then they would not hesitate to seek assistance from Japan. In response, Nanjing sent [[Huang Shaohong]] as an envoy, who in the end authorized the creation of the [[Mongol Local Autonomy Political Affairs Committee]].<ref>[[#Lin2010|Lin (2010)]], p. 43</ref><ref>[[#Lin2010|Lin (2010)]], p. 49</ref>