nepal and china

Oli on a BRI tightrope as he heads to China with domestic politics and geopolitics at stake

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Oli on a BRI tightrope as he heads to China with domestic politics and geopolitics at stake

To sign or not to sign. This is the question Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli faces as he prepares for his visit to China, which has been largely overshadowed by a debate whether he should sign an implementation plan for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The current ruling coalition, comprising Mr. Oli’s Communist … Read more

Nepal PM Prachanda’s struggles to strike a balance in foreign policy

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Nepal PM Prachanda’s struggles to strike a balance in foreign policy

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Narayan Prakash Saud, a Nepali Congress leader, as Foreign Minister on Sunday, after holding the portfolio for seven weeks himself. Domestic politics is so fractured that he was struggling to keep a stable Cabinet — Sunday’s was the eighth expansion since his appointment as the Prime Minister … Read more