https://www.scmp.com/rss/326167/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited Beijing last month on a mission to secure Chinese cash and commitment for his key development priorities. He met President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and was given generous assurances of support for Nepal’s development endeavours. The two sides sealed eight cooperation deals worth US$2.4 billion, dominated by connectivity, infrastructure and energy projects. One of them was the “Trans-Himalayan Multidimensional Connectivity Network”, a major... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2154061/how-china-nepal-railway-could-fast-track-change?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2154061/how-china-nepal-railway-could-fast-track-change?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jul 2018 08:30:15 +0000 A Left parties’ alliance is set to form a new government in Nepal after a landslide victory, seen as a triumph of China over India regarding influence in Kathmandu, with pro-Chinese nationalist leader K.P. Sharma Oli expected to be prime minister. The alliance has an ideological affinity with communist China. Its top leaders, Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, both ex-prime ministers, also have a personal rapport with top Chinese and party officials. Breaking with the tradition of visiting India first... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126766/china-reality-nepal-fact-india-must-accept?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2126766/china-reality-nepal-fact-india-must-accept?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jan 2018 04:38:01 +0000