https://www.scmp.com/rss/327376/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China wants to withdraw from a prestigious hydropower project in Nepal after signing an initial agreement with the South Asian country six years ago. A high-level delegation from CWE Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation that in 2012 had undertaken to execute the project in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), told the Nepalese authorities this week it now found the 750-megawatt West Seti hydropower project financially unfeasible because of the steep resettlement... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2161968/nepals-west-seti-hydropower-project-jeopardy-china-eyes-exit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2161968/nepals-west-seti-hydropower-project-jeopardy-china-eyes-exit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:30:45 +0000 Sandwiched between two Asian giants, Nepal has of late emerged as a new battleground for the region’s geopolitical competition as China trains its strategic focus on South Asia, once considered exclusively India’s sphere of influence. But there is one area where China and India seem to have found common ground – keeping international non-governments and West-dominated multilateral agencies at bay. Nepal’s parliament this week decided that it would not accept any funds from donors for legislative... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2156198/how-india-and-china-are-keeping-west-out-nepal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2156198/how-india-and-china-are-keeping-west-out-nepal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:45:30 +0000 As Nepal’s Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli embarks on a visit to Beijing, a meeting that starts on June 19, his successful resetting of ties with India is likely to give him the elbow room he needs to rev up relations with China, which were once on the upswing but have slackened of late. Oli’s China visit comes a couple of months after his trip to New Delhi and a highly successful return trip by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month that put fraying India-Nepal relations back on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2150859/oli-comes-calling-what-does-nepal-want-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2150859/oli-comes-calling-what-does-nepal-want-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Jun 2018 02:45:47 +0000