by Raj Bahadur Shahi in the Kathmandu Post, April 7, 2023Residents of remote Mugu district bordering China have long been eking out a living by conducting trade with the northern neighbour. In early 2020, the border closed, and hundreds of households in this northwest corner of Nepal were pushed to the edge of poverty after all commerce came to a halt. Villagers living close to the Nepal-China border points say Beijing’s erratic trade policy is…