Nepal
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China concerned that it will no longer be Nepal’s exclusive development partner.
Following Nepal’s confirmation of a US development grant, China warned Nepal this month against “intervention from outside forces,” as China-linked projects in the nation continue to stagnate, according to media sources. The warning came during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Nepal on March 25-27, less than a month after Nepal’s parliament accepted a…
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China’s development boom in Nepal has put the Himalayan ecology in jeopardy.
Since the 2015 earthquake, China’s involvement in Nepal has grown, primarily through funding in reconstruction projects. For decades, Nepal’s southern neighbor, India, served as the country’s primary economic partner, a position now contested by China. China started a series of projects in Nepal worth $2.4 billion in 2019, including industries and hydropower facilities, accounting for…
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Is China planning to use a railway project to entrap Nepal in debt?
Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China will assist landlocked Nepal in improving road and rail connectivity, a move that experts say may raise strategic concerns for regional competitor India. Wang also offered sustained Chinese help for Nepal’s reconstruction following the tragic earthquake of 2015, and advocated stronger cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative,…
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Nepalese government does not include Tibetans in the scope of the certificate of refuge.
According to the Kathmandu State New, Nepal’s government plans to issue asylum certificates to the refugees living there, but this time mainly to the Bhutanese people. The Nepalese government has made it clear that there is no asylum certificate for Tibetan refugees. As per Zangpo, the spokesperson on human rights groups in Nepal, as the…
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Three factors characterise China’s foreign policy in South Asia: Tibet, Buddhism, and India-Pakistan tensions.
According to ThePrint, Experts and researchers on Friday said at the virtual All India Conference of China Studies, hosted by the Institute of China Studies, that China’s foreign policy in South Asia is shaped by the issue of Tibet in its engagement with Nepal, using Buddhism as a tool of “soft power,” and leveraging the…
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Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, 7 missing in Nepal
Heavy rains prompted flash floods that washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday, killing ten people and wounding five others, while storms in neighboring Nepal left seven others missing, according to authorities. When the floodwaters hit soon after midnight, the Bhutanese villagers who had been collecting cordyceps, a fungus used in medicine,…
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As the World Warms, Floods in the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau Could Triple
According to new research, the risk of flooding across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau could triple as global temperatures rise and glaciers melt faster. The expected rise in lake outbursts floods could jeopardize water resources in politically unstable regions like Kashmir and place communities and infrastructure in jeopardy.
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Young Tibetan refugees in Nepal are struggling to make ends meet
In Nepal, young Tibetans are having a difficult time. They fail to find jobs, travel abroad, and open bank accounts because they are shunned by the Nepalese government. Young Tibetan refugees and Tibetans born in Nepal, unlike their parents and grandparents, are not recognized by the government, leaving them in a state of limbo with…
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Nepal Government Data Shows China Illegally Occupying Their Land
According to the new data released by the Nepal government, China is illegally occupying their land. The data which was released on Friday explained that the Chinese government has encroached Nepal’s land through the ongoing road expansion project in Tibet and it also fears of more aggressive encroachments in the future.
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To thy neighbor Nepal: be alert, be wary, be cautious
Leaving fear and terror behind, they sought refuge in this holy land. A safe haven it once was, now besieged by greed and polluted souls. Lord Buddha would’ve regretted having born in such a sinful place, where the followers of his Dharma, who sought shelter there are threatened with brutal force and malicious intent.