Mark Zuckerberg takes some pride in his Mandarin, having spent years trying to hone perhaps the toughest language in the world. Yet when he speaks in the tongue, he still makes oodles of mistakes. The Meta CEO reckoned the knowledge of Mandarin would help him better understand China and Chinese culture—with the added lure of...
Nepal on Tuesday appeared to reject calls from China to join President Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative (GSI), but agreed to take forward ambitious cross-border connectivity projects during the visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda to Beijing. A lengthy joint statement released by the two sides outlined a number of border infrastructure projects,...
China has decided to reopen the Korala border point for both trade and travel movements from Monday onwards after a hiatus of four years since it was closed. Nepal shares a 1,400-km long border with Tibet along the Himalayan range. China allows trade and transit through six border points—Tatopani-Khasa, Rasuwa-Kerung, Yari (Humla)-Purang, Olangchung Gola-Riwu, Kimathanka-Riwu...
काठमाडौँ — राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टी (रास्वपा) ले नेपाल र चीनको व्यापारिक कारोबारमा भुक्तानी प्रणाली सहजताका लागि नेपालमा चीनलाई पूर्वाधारमा लगानी वा चाइनिज बैंकको संस्थागत व्यवस्थाको पहल गर्न आग्रह गरेको छ । सूचना प्रविधिको विकाससँगै व्यापारिक कारोबारमा अनलाइन भुक्तानीले सहज बनाए पनि पूर्वाधारमा लगानी वा चाइनिज बैंकको संस्थागत व्यवस्थाको पहल गर्न रास्वपाले आग्रह गरेको हो । रास्वपाको केन्द्रीय...