Complex sentence: After the fighting ended, the Qing closed off Mongolia to immigration Batbayar 2006: 216 and occasionally evicted Chinese merchants, although Chinese trade firms continually penetrated the country, concentrating mainly in Ikh Khüree, Uliastai, Khovd and Kyakhta.
Split into simpler sentences: After the fighting ended, the Qing closed off Mongolia to immigration Batbayar 2006: 216 and occasionally evicted Chinese merchants. Despite those restrictions, Chinese trade firms continually penetrated the country, concentrating mainly in Ikh Khüree, Uliastai, Khovd and Kyakhta.