The leaked correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu reveals that Beijing has placed pressure on the Himalayan country to embrace its Covid vaccine without establishing its effectiveness and efficacy. On Sunday, Nepali media published stories on the basis of leaked correspondence […]
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China’s move to play a political broker in Nepal doesn’t work
The team of senior officials of the Communist Party of China who landed in Kathmandu on Sunday continued their interactions with the leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal on Monday in an effort to broker peace between the two rival factions of the ruling party. Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
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Chinese High-Level Delegation in Nepal tries to patch split between Oli and Prachanda
On Sunday, a high-level Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Minister of the Communist Party of China arrived in Kathmandu to “take stock” of Nepal’s political situation after the dissolution of the Parliament and the subsequent split in the ruling Communist Party of Nepal. Although no clear details on the […]
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Nepal’s Green Lights Indian Rail Project Back to China
The competition between India and China for strategic control in the Himalayas has intensified, with the authorities in Nepal agreeing to fast-track rail links from their capital Kathmandu to the Indian mainland. The decision follows China’s energetic effort to connect the capital of Nepal to Tibet. Analysts say India’s initiative […]
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[Enviornment] Mt Everest grows almost a metre to a new height.
Mount Everest is higher than previously believed, Nepal and China said on Tuesday that they will resolve a long-running dispute over the height of the world’s highest peak that straddles their common borders. Kathmandu and Beijing disagreed in their exact height, but after each expedition of surveyors to the summit, […]
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Oli Government under pressure to speak out against the Chinese encroachment in Nepal
The government of KP Sharma Oli in Nepal is facing growing heat and is under pressure from many quarters to speak up against China’s border intrusion. Recent reports have indicated that China has invaded the territory of Nepal in the Humla district and that one boundary pillar, No 12, […]
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China’s Draft Pact for Everest Height Announcement With Nepal, concern raised in India
A seemingly innocuous draft agreement between Nepal and China to re-measure the height of Mount Everest has sent alarm bells ringing within the Indian government, according to sources. A clause in the agreement that calls on Beijing and Kathmandu to collaborate jointly on ‘monitoring, mapping and geo-information management’ is at […]
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China funds on Nepalese youth study, joining Indian Army’s Gorkha regiment: Report
China has given 12.7 lakh Nepalese rupees to a Kathmandu-based NGO to carry out a study on what motivates Gorkha community members to join the Indian Army. Sources said that in the first week of June, China’s Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, funded a Nepalese NGO — China Study Centre […]
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Nepal as ‘Equal’ as viewed in a Gushing 65th year of relations: China
China’s top leadership led by President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed the continuing growth of Sino-Nepal friendship, saying that Beijing has always treated Kathmandu fairly in the light of New Delhi’s disquiet over the increasing relations of its smaller South Asian neighbor to the Middle Kingdom. Exchanging congratulatory messages with […]
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India subtly warns nations against China’s debt trap diplomacy
India tacitly warned its neighbours as well as the Indian Ocean nations of China’s debt-trap diplomacy on Thursday. ‘History has taught us that in the name of development partnerships, nations were forced into dependence partnerships. It gave rise to colonial and imperial rule. It gave rise to global power blocks. […]