In this Oct. 13, 2019 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli shake hands during their bilateral meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal. Credit: Bikash Dware/The Rising ...

After the 2015 Indian blockade, the Nepal government tried to diversify trade and access to the sea through China. But five years later, inertia and disinterest in Kathmandu have stalled a raft of ...

Beijing is frustrated with the lack of progress in Nepal’s implementation of Belt and Road projects. But rhetorical bullying of its small neighbor won’t help. Participants in the first Nepal-China ...

The exit of former Nepali prime minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli after youth-led protests in September 2025 marked a setback for Beijing, given Oli’s close alignment with Chinese priorities. During ...

China's attempts to change its relations with Nepal into a strategic partnership, focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative and the Boundary Management System, have encountered significant challenges ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

Nepal, Feb. 18 -- On January 29th, the Tibetan religious leader Kyabje Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoche arrived in Kathmandu. Two Nepali political figures, Jhalanath Khanal and Ram Bahadur Thapa, framed this ...

China called the project a “signature” of its cooperation with Nepal. Insiders and documents reveal the pitfalls of China’s infrastructure-at-any-cost model. Nepal had long hoped that an international ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice Fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...