Chinese racist view of Mongolians ?

Watch it before you judge it.

I watched it recently on TV (in Australia). I think it's a very nice film and is not patronizing or condescending towards the Mongolian people. It's the third film I've seen in recent years filmed on the grasslands of Mongolia and they have all been well worth my time. The landscapes are beautifully photographed and the story although simple is sweet and charming. However if you are a Hollywood action junkie you will probably find it boring. I'd give it 8/10.

the film does not portray the mongolian people in a negative way - it could even be read as subtle critique on nationalism if you wanted to

It depends. The Chinese have not always been very kind to their minorities, e.g., Uighurs, Tibetans and Mongols, and have a long history of looking down their noses at their indigenous cultures. But, on the other hand, this is a beautiful portrait of an amazing people who cling to a traditional way of life that they have pursued for thousands of years.

If you haven't seen the film in the meantime, better spare your money and the time. Or spend it for Kekexili instead. Mongolian Ping Pong is well photographed and has one good scene in the end (the second photograph scene), but the rest was quite unimpressing. The story is complete nonsense - if Mongolian children asked their parents about a ping pong ball, certainly mom and dad would tell them they are stupid little kids and better bring some argal. This is the big flaw, but there are more, like children beating each other (non-sporting) on a festivity in front of their parents - if the kids are unable to behave, sure their parents sure would make them. I also found the child actors less convincing than in Weeping Camel or Yellow Dog. They sounded almost as if they were speaking Mongolian as a foreign language. The TV scene is like a rip-off from Urga (btw. not sure about Inner Mongolians, but Outer Mongolian nomads sure know that a satellite antenna might be necessary if there is no sufficient terrestric TV signal).

The adult characters were much better and actually interesting, unfortunately the movie is about kids that are too stupid to identify a cheap plastic ball as such, not about Mongolians.