https://www.scmp.com/rss/328630/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The timing of a surprise decision by Nepal to withdraw from the first-ever joint military exercise in India – which comes exactly a week before a scheduled joint military exercise with China, and on the heels of a vital transit agreement with the Middle Kingdom – may have been merely coincidental, but is loaded with strategic meaning for the small country sandwiched between two regional giants. On Saturday, Kathmandu let it be known that the Nepalese Army would not participate in the first-ever... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2163950/nepal-bares-china-tempered-steel-india-better-get-used-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2163950/nepal-bares-china-tempered-steel-india-better-get-used-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000