In an unprecedented move, visiting Chinese leaders have publicly claimed that certain countries are trying to destabilise the good relations between Nepal and China, while some elements are also defaming the Belt and Road Initiative by calling it a ‘debt trap’. During an interaction with second-rung leaders of major political parties represented in Parliament, Sun...
KATHMANDU, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Nepal has voiced hope for deepening intra-party exchanges and cooperation with China, so as to promote an in-depth development of bilateral relations. A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Sun Haiyan, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, visited Nepal from Jan....
Nepal and China will sign the implementation plan of the Belt and Road Initiative “very soon”, Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha said on January 27, nearly seven years after the two neighbours inked an agreement to undertake ambitious Beijing-backed infrastructure projects in the Himalayan nation. ALSO READ What is the Belt and Road Initiative,...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha said on Saturday that Nepal and China will sign the implementation plan of the Belt and Road Initiative “very soon” without giving any specific details and dates. Signing of the BRI implementation plan is the key to negotiate and execute the projects under the...
सोमवार राति अबेर जारी गरिएको नेपाल-चीन संयुक्त वक्तव्यमा थोरै नयाँ र धेरै पुराना विषयवस्तुहरू समेटिएका छन्। कूटनीतिक मामिलामा संयुक्त वक्तव्य भनेको त्यस्तो दस्तबेज हो जसमा दुवै देशको चित्त बुझेको हुन्छ र दुवै प्रतिबद्ध भएका हुन्छन्। त्यसैले शब्दशब्दमा छलफल गरेर त्यसो टुङ्गो लगाइन्छ। ताइवान मामिलाबारे नेपालको स्पष्ट अडान, चीनले अघि सार्दै आएको ग्लोबल डेभलप्मन्ट इनिशटिभको मित्रसमूहमा...
With the projects mentioned under the framework failing to take off in Nepal, China has labelled an airport whose construction was started before Nepal signed up to BRI, under its ambit, and is pushing to employ soft power tools such as “Silk Roadster” Nepal has completed six years since it signed up to China’s Belt...
Blurred definitions and unilateral declarations on Beijing’s part have left Nepal struggling to define the BRI. How does one define the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)? Does the BRI only mean infrastructure projects that have been explicitly listed under the initiative by a host country? Or does it encompass a larger vision of connectivity and...
The inclusion of soft power initiatives under the BRI shows the urgency on the Chinese side to project the wheels of BRI as moving in Nepal Marketing it differently? Chinese reimagination of BRI in NepalThe Communist Party of China’s (CPC) International Development Liaison Office launched the Silk Roadster platform in Nepal in July. Marking 10...
On September 1, a meeting of various government agencies held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar entrusted the National Planning Commission Vice Chairman Min Bahadur Shrestha with coordinating with various government entities and finalising a draft plan on implementing Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. The Shrestha-led committee is quietly laying the ground for...
Over the past three months, there have been significant development in Nepal’s relation with countries like India, China, the US, Russia, Bangladesh, among others. Nepal-India power trade agreement gains momentum with India’s cabinet approving the 10,000 MW electricity trade agreement. The PM’s much awaited visit to China finally took place in September, but not much...