Kathmandu is set to host its first-ever ‘China Film Day’ at Chhaya Center (QFX Cinema), Thamel. The event aims to strengthen cinematic and cultural ties between Nepal and China, fostering storytelling and film production collaboration. Jointly organised by the China Film Administration, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nepal, the China Film...
Editor’s Note: Trade in the Himalayan region has seen robust growth in 2024, with Nepal’s trade with Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region skyrocketing by 75.8 percent year-on-year to 4.42 billion yuan ($606 million) in the first 11 months. China and Nepal signed a framework agreement to promote Belt and Road cooperation in early December. The...
The pilgrimage route to Kailash Mansarovar is once again in the news with the agreement reached between Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi towards opening the pilgrimage route to Kailash. This route was closed due to COVID 19, which continued even after its end due to the bloody fight...
The KP Sharma Oli-led administration is striving to improve its ties with New Delhi but has yet to achieve substantive results. Despite repeated attempts to mend relations, ruling party leaders and foreign policy experts suggest that bilateral relations between Nepal and India may be deteriorating rather than improving. A series of unresolved issues and missteps...
Writer and journalist Sudheer Sharma’s new book, Bhikshu, Byapar ra Bidroha, unveiled in August, offers a comprehensive account of the key figures, issues, and phenomena that have shaped Nepal-China relations. The book spans from the era of King Narendra Dev in the 7th century to 2008, when Nepal’s 240-year monarchy came to an end. Sharma’s...
Lumbini Buddhist University and Beijing Language and Culture University of China have signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. At a program held on Monday at the Prime Minister’s Residence, Baluwatar, a memorandum of understanding was exchanged between Prof Subarna Lal Bajracharya, the vice chancellor of Lumbini Buddhist University,...
Nepal’s geopolitical importance continues to grow as China, India, and the United States deepen their engagement. This heightened interest brings opportunities for economic development and international cooperation but also entangles Nepal in the complex web of competing global interests. The challenge for Nepal lies in crafting a foreign policy that balances opportunities with the realities...
Nepal 2024: Politicians play musical chairs, new PM does balancing act between India and ChinaKathmandu, The tradition of musical chairs continued in Nepal politics in 2024. Coalition equations changed yet again with a dispensation perceived as pro-China coming to power, a development India viewed with caution. Nepal 2024: Politicians play musical chairs, new PM does...
As the year 2024 ends, it is the time to question, “What next?” With Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the helm, the question has become even more interesting. In the face of increased geopolitical rivalry at the global and regional levels, what kind of foreign policy is Nepal practising, and where will it take...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba has said that Nepal has good neighborly relations with its neighboring countries, India and China. Dr Deuba, who reached Dhangadhi on Friday evening, said that good-neighborly relations are not only one-way but are reciprocal. She expressed the belief that India will give the invitation for official visitation...