A delegation from the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China led by Vice Minister Sun Haiyan called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Saturday. The CPC delegation arrived in Kathmandu on Friday from Dhaka, Bangladesh on a visit aimed at strengthening party-to-party relations through a...
Category: Geopolitics
How India edged China out of Nepal’s hydropower sector
Abhishek DeyTIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Jan 13, 2024, 19:02 IST ISTEven though China and India have long jostled for influence in Nepal, and have invested billions of dollars in hydro projects over the last decade, the dynamics now seem to be shifting in New Delhi’s favour due to a policy shift in 2018 India and Nepal signed a...
Lowered FDI threshold lures small investors
The foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment increased by a whopping 69.29 percent in the first half of the current fiscal year, which officials attributed to the revision of the minimum investment threshold for foreign investors. According to the Department of Industry, the FDI commitment totalled Rs22.33 billion for 226 projects during the review period. The...
Satellite Images Show China’s Dam ThreateningNeighbors’ Fresh Water Supply
hina appears to have completed the construction of a new dam in the country’s southwestern border regions, a project that could have far-reaching strategic implications for its southern neighbors India and Nepal, according to new satellite imagery. Mapcha Tsangpo River, which translates from Tibetan as “peacock,” is known as the Ghaghara in India and the...
Managing Regional Rivalries and ExtraregionalInterests as a Buffer State: The Nepalese Case Study
As a small landlocked country between India and China, Nepal has long been considered a buffer state—a small country sandwiched between larger rival powers—with its challenging geography in the Himalayan mountain range lending to this conceptualization. Nepal has sought to maintain close ties with India and China. However, China and India’s economic rise as well...
Communist unity top on agenda as Chinese flock to Nepal
Barely a week after a delegation from Yunnan Province of China left the country, another Chinese contingent is currently in Lumbini. Shi Yugang, deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee, recently wrapped up his Nepal visit after meeting Vice President Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav and some ministers. The...
India not ready to buy electricity from projects withChinese investment: PM Dahal
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Indian side has expressed its unwillingness to buy electricity from hydropower projects built in Nepal with direct investments from China. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dahal said that this matter...
Nepal committed in not allowing anti-Chinese activities, Dahal says
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said Nepal and China are close neighbours and reliable friends. “Our relations stand on the solid foundation of the ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence’. We understand each other’s aspirations and sensitivities and extend support to each other in times of need in the spirit of true friendship,” said...
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काठमाडौँ — नेपाल–भारत संयुक्त आयोगको सातौं बैठकमा सहभागी हुन आएकै दिन चिनियाँ नेतालाई पनि बोलाएको भन्दै भारतका विदेशमन्त्री एस. जयशंकरले नेपाली पक्षसमक्ष खुलेरै असन्तुष्टि जनाए । जयशंकर काठमाडौं आएकै दिन गएको बिहीबार दिउँसो चीनबाट युनान प्रान्तका चिनियाँ कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (सीपीसी) का डेपुटी सेक्रेटरी सी युगाङ पनि नेपालको चारदिने भ्रमणका लागि काठमाडौं उत्रिएका थिए । बाक्लिँदै...