Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Korala border point between Nepal and China will be opened soon. Addressing a function organised in Panchakot of Baglung on Saturday, Dahal assured that his government would take initiatives to open the Korala border point. “The opening of this border point will promote tourism which ultimately...
A Chinese military delegation led by Major General Zhang Baoqun, deputy director of the Office for International Military Cooperation, is arriving in Kathmandu on Saturday on a four-day visit. The Chinese delegation is arriving in Kathmandu via Sri Lanka, as part of its South Asia tour. In Male, the Zhang-led delegation reached a new security...
Nowhere is Nepal’s delicate balancing act between its giant neighbours India and China as evident as it is in this tourism capital. The Chinese have cultivated a special relationship with Pokhara ever since they built the 200km Prithvi Highway connecting it to Kathmandu in 1974, right up to the inauguration of Pokhara International Airport last...
Major General Zhang Baoqun, deputy director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, called on Nepal Army chief Prabhu Ram Sharma at NA headquarters on Sunday. According to the Nepal Army Directorate of Public Relations and Information, discussions were held on various aspects of the relations between the two...
Amid speculations that Beijing is behind the recent change in coalition in Kathmandu, former prime minister and chairman of the CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli has said that it is not China but the political parties of Nepal that brought about the change. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ditched his yearlong political partnership with the Nepali...
एक दशकअघिसम्म उत्तरी छिमेकी चीनको कूटनीतिक गतिविधि बाहिर देखिँदैन थियो। कतिपयले चीनको गतिविधिलाई मात्र होइन चीनलाई नै नेपालले बुझ्न नसकेको भन्थे। परराष्ट्र मामिला विज्ञको पगरी गुथेकाहरूले त नेपालले चीन बुझ्न सकेको छैन भनेर कैयौँपटक लेखे, अन्तर्वार्तामार्फत आफ्ना धारणा सार्वजनिक गरे। ती सबै कुरा भ्रम रहेछन् भन्ने यति बेला स्पष्ट भएको छ। किनभने चिनियाँ राजदूत छन्...
The locals perceive Chinese investments in Nepal that promised to bring respite to Nepal’s weak economy with doubt Dragon’s embrace: China’s expanding footprint in Nepal triggers local displeasureNepal-China relations, a relatively recent development, have grown economically since 2015. In 2016, Nepal called China an “all-weather friend” and became a signatory of China’s Belt and Road...
Police have nabbed a Chinese national with 25,000 US dollars. A police team at Tribhuvan International Airport arrested 29-year-old Cui Bingcan on Sunday night and made him public today. The Chinese citizen had been illegally taking 250 units of US dollar bank notes with 100denomination to foreign country.According to Police Headquarters, he was about to...
A delegation of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) paid a courtesy call on Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nepal, Chen Song, on Tuesday. On the occasion, Ambassador Chen said that a new chapter of mutual cooperation and coordination has started between the two countries and expressed the belief that this would further deepen...
KATHMANDU: Chinese nationals are traversing various parts of Nepal, including the Indian border, with no imposed restrictions, prompting security authorities to express growing concerns over potential security threats to Nepal. In the past year alone, 15 Chinese individuals were apprehended while attempting to enter India from Nepal without valid documents. Security reports suggest a sinister...