Nepal’s newly appointed deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, is in China on his first foreign visit from March 24 – April 1. The trip comes less than three weeks after the new government was formed in Nepal on March 4. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) … Read more
The Left Alliance government is back in Nepal for the third time. The Maoist Center-led government broke ties with the Nepali Congress and has allied with its former arch-rival, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) or CPN-UML. The two other parties to join the coalition are the Madhdesh-based Janta Samajwadi Party and the … Read more
Magazine Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s September visit to China demonstrated a clear balancing of aspirations and pragmatic realities, both on the domestic and international fronts. Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 27, 2017. … Read more
The Pulse | Diplomacy | South Asia Aside from the usual priorities, the visit was shadowed by Nepal’s objections to China’s new “standard map.” Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal inspects a honor guard alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sep. 25, 2023. Credit: Facebook/Comrade Prachanda Advertisement Amidst Nepal’s objections … Read more