Despite increase in imports from China year on year, traders of Nepal seem to be unhappy with China opening borders at a time when the demand for goods is slow with no large orders for the Chinese goods because of high domestic bank interest rates and inflation in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post r
After Nepal did not take any official interest in China's ambitious project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the military alliance Global Security Initiative (GSI), it has put forward a plan to expand its influence in Nepal through the Global Development Initiative (GDI) launched by Presid
For the meeting, Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal will lead Nepal's delegation. China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong will lead the Chinese delegation
A statement issued by Rashtriya Ekta Abhiyan says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has not yet received a letter of credentials from Nepali Ambassador Bishnu Pukar Shrestha.
Since the formation of a new government in November, Nepal has seen a rise in Chinese political involvement. The post-election coalition saw the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Center, led by KP Sharma Oli and Puspa Kamal Dahal
China has been making major investments in Nepal, which it claims will boost its economy but they may be aimed at assertng its influence in the eartwhile Himalayan kingdom, epardafas.com, an online magazine based in Nepal reported, adding that these infrastructural investments in Nepal will
According to My Republica, tourism professionals in Nepal say that the Nepali government has not been able to take diplomatic initiatives, so it has not been prioritized by China. Businessmen are claiming that the government has failed to promote Nepal as a tourist destination.
Cross-border trafficking has become a concern for Nepalese women as they have started to feel unsafe due to Chinese nationals who trafficked them and are now searching for them through their agents as their business got hampered because of the intervention by the police, Nepal- based online
According to the EPardafas report, there has been a considerable drop in the arrival of Tibetans in Nepal. It used to average 2,000 annually till 2008. Since then, the figure has gone down to 200 a year.
Nepal's trade with China through the land route has been discontinued once again as Beijing has shut the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point until February 3, EPardafas reported.
Chinese-invested Hongshi Cement Industry, which is Nepal's largest cement company, has reached a stage of "drowning due to its internal disputes", EPardafas reported, adding that Nepalese investors left the board of directors after the economic situation of the industry was in crisis due to
According to the UNHRC 2020 report, the total estimates of Tibetan refugees in Nepal reached 12,540 due to the difficulty in documentation and record-keeping. China's relationship with Nepal had also become a major issue for Tibetans.