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Mini Chinatown and Mandarin speaking staff: Nepal built it, will the Chinese come?

A Hindu temple is still supported by timbers at Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO world heritage site in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, on June 23, 2015, after it was reopened to visitors on June 15 in an attempt to bring tourism back to the region following April's devastating earthquakes. Photo: Kyodo

A mini Chinatown has appeared within the winding streets which are now dotted with Chinese-language signs, Chinese restaurants and Chinese-owned three-star hotels.

21 Jul 2015 - 11:36AM

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Scaffolding surrounding the damaged Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, after the second Nepal earthquake on May 12 damaged the structure. Photo: Ingrid Piper
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