by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 5, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist) party in its political document has criticised the country’s communist forces while also being critical of the international democratic forces. The document sympathises with the northern neighbour, China, and its flagship project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The document, which was presented to the party’s central committee on Saturday, criticised forums that are supported by democratic countries. A section of UML…
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Nuland accuses China of failing to help SL with ‘credible and specific assurances’ acceptable to IMF
US hopes LG polls will be held in MarchBy Saman Indrajith IN THE ISLAND, FEB 2, 2023US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, yesterday said China had not provided credible and specific assurances to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Sri Lanka to overcome the current economic crisis. Addressing the media in Colombo, Nuland said: “What China has offered so far is not enough. We need to see credible and specific assurances…
By Damih Wickramasekara in The Sunday TimesChina Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has expressed interest in completing work on the new passenger terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after the Japanese pulled out of funding it. The US$ 1bn (Rs 366bn) project, known as the BIA Development Project Phase II Stage 2 (BIADP PII S2), has been suspended since July 2021 after the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) decided not to make further disbursement of…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023China has proposed a visit by a Chinese team to Nepal in February to hold a third round of discussions regarding the development of the Nepal-China Cross Border Transmission Line. A Joint Technical Group comprising representatives of the Nepal Electricity Authority and the State Grid Corporation of China had previously held two rounds of talks in China and Nepal, respectively, for the transmission line before…
ANI report in Times of India online,Jan 22, 2023 at 12.50 PM ISTWASHINGTON: China is providing modern weaponry to the Taliban in the wake of the recent attack by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) on a hotel in Kabul that mostly housed Chinese nationals, writes Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai, author of The Troubled Triangle: US-Pakistan Relations under the Taliban’s Shadow in The Jamestown Foundation. The move comes as unstable and volatile Afghanistan threatens Chinese interests…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023 As a Chinese technical team started a feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway, India has almost completed a detailed feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway project, officials at the Department of Railways said. The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between the two neighbouring giants who are competing for influence in Nepal. In late December, a six-member Chinese team representing the China…
By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Jan 17, 2023Chinese International Department Vice Minister Chen Zhou yesterday told political party leaders that China is ready to work with any party and that the developing world can benefit greatly from collaboration with Beijing. Zhou made this statement, briefing political party representatives, and journalists, on the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He said that Sri Lanka and China have a long standing relationship and China…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 1, 2023At a time when Kathmandu says no project under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative has been signed and Nepal and China are working to finalise the text of project implementation under the BRI, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu made a surprise announcement on Saturday. Just a day ahead of the inauguration of Pokhara International Airport by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Chinese Embassy wrote in…
by Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Dec 30, 2022Officials at the Ministry of Health’s Quarantine Unit and Epidemiology Unit are currently reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the country, particularly in the wake of China experiencing a fresh wave of the pandemic, but as of yesterday (29), there was no specific circular issued with regard to guidelines or any related action, noted Health Ministry Communications Director and Deputy Director General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 29, 2022The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has shelved its plan to set up a substation at Trishuli Bazaar for the Nepal-China Cross-border Transmission Line as it plans to connect the power line with a Ratmate-based substation to be built with the assistance of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US aid agency. When the controversy over the MCC assistance was at its height before its eventual…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 29, 2022Beijing on Wednesday allowed Nepal’s exports to pass into China through the Kerung-Rasuwagadhi border after keeping it shut to two-way traffic for three years. Chinese goods have been entering Nepal intermittently through Kerung, one of the two international border points on the Nepal-China border, but it was no go in the other direction. “The two-way trade through the Kerung/Rasuwagadhi border port has been resumed today. After a ceremony,…