Nepal emerges as fresh destination for investment

[Lux de Veritas]

And they're going to be #2 soon , we Chinese know how to compete

This is a good thing and positive development for Nepal.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

This is a good thing and positive development for Nepal.

Once the railway is connected from Shigatse to Nepal around 2020, we shall witness a great economic booming between two nations, good for our Tibet region and Nepal

 

[Lux de Veritas]

And that's clearly indicated in the original article. Nothing to hide here.

"India accounted for 53 percent of Nepal's trade last year, down from 60 percent in 2006, when a Maoist insurgency ended. China's share of Nepal's commerce has risen to 31 percent from 3 percent in that time, data compiled by Bloomberg show."

But it also says,

"China this year overtook India as Nepal's biggest foreign investor, funding power plants, noodle factories and meat-processing units in one of the world's poorest countries. Trade is also booming: Nepal's commerce with China has outpaced that with India by 17 times since 2006, eroding the influence of New Delhi's leaders."

So, you are telling nothing new here.

Dont get me wrong. I am a patriotic Chinese. I am happy to see Nepal centrifuging back to China. And going by the way things develop it may.

I say may because most Nepali are "Indians" and they are Hindus. Not so easy for them to go to China. Blood is thicker than water.

But Nepal is really a let down by India.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Dont get me wrong. I am a patriotic Chinese. I am happy to see Nepal centrifuging back to China. And going by the way things develop it may.

I say may because most Nepali are "Indians" and they are Hindus. Not so easy for them to go to China. Blood is thicker than water.

But Nepal is really a let down by India.

The nation is guided by national interest regardless if they're Hindus or not and we're by no mean to convert them nor to harm them geostrategically, and China is not twist Nepal's arms to be centrifuging to our side, but offer Nepal a China card option on special "circumstance", they can feel free to do business with anyone they want.

 

[TopCat]

Nepal should start integrate with Tibet.

 

[Echo_419]

What else India can do beside give money, it can't compete with China, we can provide money, make infrastructure projects and offer cheaper products than Indian's counterpart, Wait until our rail link is completed, we will drive Indian business out of Nepal

You think to much comrade
The game in Nepal is not over yet

Intercultural ties is what Nepal need from India? sure money in not everything but it's most thing need to build a nation that why India wants China to invest into it nation. And yes wait until next decade to compete with us, at that time China-Nepal will already estabilish a solid cultural and economic foundation, your soft power will change nothing.

Yeah you keep thinking soft power will achieve nothing

 

[Tractor]

Dont get me wrong. I am a patriotic Chinese. I am happy to see Nepal centrifuging back to China. And going by the way things develop it may.

I say may because most Nepali are "Indians" and they are Hindus. Not so easy for them to go to China. Blood is thicker than water.

But Nepal is really a let down by India.

Nepali are "Indians" just like that you see in the picture and in reality there are also too many Chinese live in Nepal who are called Nepalese .

 

[TaiShang]

China, Nepal strengthen financial cooperation
2014-12-24

The central banks of China and Nepal have signed a supplementary agreement to expand the use of local , according to a statement on the website of the People's Bank of China(PBOC) on Tuesday.

According to the deal, the two countries' currencies can be used for settlement in both cross-border trade and ordinary trade activities.

The deal, signed during a meeting between PBOC governor Zhou Xiaochuan and his visiting counterpart Yuba Raj Khatiwada, will further facilitate bilateral trade and investment, the statement said.

The two sides also signed a memorandum of understanding on anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism cooperation.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

You think to much comrade
The game in Nepal is not over yet

Yeah you keep thinking soft power will achieve nothing

Why I need to think too much about China-Nepal development when both nations are just doing great , of course it's not over yet, it's just the beginning...that's the most fun part. And of course India can still play the soft power, I didn't claim that it is not important.

 

[Echo_419]

Why I need to think too much about China-Nepal development when both nations are just doing great , of course it's not over yet, it's just the beginning...that's the most fun part. And of course India can still play the soft power, I didn't claim that it is not important.

While China's power in Nepal will surely grow don't think that it will be at the expense of India's influence
China is one of the 2 neighbour Nepal has,of course it will have influence Nepals affairs.The important thing is both sides (India & China) should work closely for the benifit of Nepali People we both need to avoid any useless conflict since we both have more important task to do

 

[TaiShang]

In Nepal, Wang to press China’s peripheral policy

- ANIL GIRI
China ’s peripheral (neighbourhood) diplomacy is likely to top the agenda during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s Nepal visit. He is arriving here on Thursday with a seven-member delegation on a three-day official visit.

Wang, the first senior-level Chinese official to visit Nepal after the election of the Constituent Assembly last year, is likely to convey to the Nepali leaders, officials, intellectuals and policy makers about the foreign policy of the new Chinese leadership, particularly President Xi Jinping’s vision about China ’s neighbourhood.

Diplomatic sources told the Post that Wang will have an overview of the current political situation of Nepal and the chances of timely promulgation of the new constitution. The information would be crucial for Beijing to plan a high-level visit to Nepal next year, possibly by the Chinese president.

Three Chinese teams recently held wide-ranging consultations with stakeholders in Kathmandu with respect to the high-level visit from China as the two neighbours mark the establishment of the 60th year of their diplomatic relations.

Wang is also scheduled to convey the Chinese position of early promulgation of the constitution for Nepal’s peace and stability that also matters China as a neighbour. Officially, he will be meeting President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and his counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey.

At a reception to be hosted by Chinese Ambassador Wu Chuntai on Friday evening, Wang will meet top leaders of major political parties.

According to Foreign Minister Pandey, the Nepali side will seek Chinese investment in energy, infrastructure and other sectors of infrastructure development.

“We will present to them potential areas for investment,” said Pandey, who will hold bilateral talks with Wang on Friday morning.

There is also the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding on China ’s new annual aid commitment to Nepal--800 million yuans, more than five times the current 150 million yuans. Chinese investment in Nepal is also on an upward trajectory. “This is Wang’s first foreign visit since President Xi outlined his peripheral [neighbourhood] diplomacy. It shows how important Nepal is for China ’s new leadership,” said Dinesh Bhattarai, foreign relations adviser to the PM.

During the visit, China is likely to reassure Nepal its sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence as well as Nepal’s development, Bhattarai said. The Chinese side, in turn, could seek reassurance from Nepal for its own security concern, particularly Tibet.

China ’s growing might could bring Nepal vast opportunities in expanding trade, investment, tourism, commerce and technology, he said.

After landing in Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon, Wang will attend a lunch at Hotel Dwarika’s and leave for Nagarkot where he will stay overnight.

“The decision to go outside Kathmandu shows that Chinese are serious about tourism promotion in Nepal,” said a senior government official. The number of Chinese visitors to Nepal is growing fast, with a total of 113,000 Chinese tourists visiting the country in 2013,

On Friday, Wang will hand over medical equipment worth Rs 200 million for Civil Service Hospital to Minister for General Administration Lal Babu Pandit. The hospital was built on Chinese assistance. Wang will then hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Pandey and address the media. Wang will then leave for the Armed Police Force headquarters to lay the foundation stone for the APF Academy to be built with Rs 3 billion Chinese grant.

After meeting Koirala at Baluwatar and President Yadav at Sheetal Niwas, Wang will speak on China ’s foreign policy in the evening. He will leave for Dhaka, Bangladesh on Saturday.

Posted on: 2014-12-25 07:50

 

[Tractor]

Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and his counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
All these people are Indian man and what is the use of meeting with them.

 

[Lux de Veritas]

Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and his counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
All these people are Indian man and what is the use of meeting with them.

You are one of the most rational voice among PDF that I respect.

I agree with many of your comments.

I certainly hope China would have more influence over Nepal, my take is Nepal very "Indian". Blood is thicker than water. China will have more luck in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam or Myanmar where the culture is more similar and where ethnic Chinese or mix blood Chinese call the shot there.

 

[TaiShang]

You are one of the most rational voice among PDF that I respect.

I agree with many of your comments.

I certainly hope China would have more influence over Nepal, my take is Nepal very "Indian". Blood is thicker than water. China will have more luck in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam or Myanmar where the culture is more similar and where ethnic Chinese or mix blood Chinese call the shot there.

Nothing original or rational here, if "Blood is thicker than water" is your major foreign policy doctrine.


China raises Nepal aid five-fold in regional diplomacy push
BY GOPAL SHARMA

KATHMANDU Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:52am EST

(Reuters) - China will increase official aid to Nepal by more than five times from fiscal 2015-16, officials said on Friday, to develop infrastructure in the landlocked nation where regional rival Indiahas long wielded political influence.

The jump in assistance was announced after talks between visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepali counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, part of a deepening engagement which is expected to lead to a visit by President Xi Jinping next year.

Both India and China have been courting the Himalayan nation as they worry about its slow transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republic and the end of a 10-year civil war in 2006 that has left deep divides.

China is concerned about the presence of Tibetans in Nepal, many of whom have crossed the treacherous Himalayas from their homeland. On Friday, Wang laid the foundations of a police academy to train officers of Nepal’s Armed Police Force that guards districts bordering Tibet.

Beijing will build the police academy as a gift on top of the annual aid of $128 million, up from the current $24 million, Krishna Prasad Devakota, a Nepal finance ministry official, said.

“As neighbors China and Nepal have common security needs ... we need to work together to crack down on illegal border crossings and transnational crimes,” Wang told reporters.

Traditionally, Tibetan exiles captured by Nepali police were handed to the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees for their onward journey to India where the Tibetans' spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is based.

But China says the refugees are illegal migrants and has been pressing Nepal to crush their movement. The number of Tibetans entering Nepal from China has fallen from about 2,500 six years ago to just about 200 a year.

Beijing's greater involvement in Nepal comes as India steps up its own engagement with its neighbors.

India has signed a deal to allow the import and export of electricity, a long pending demand of Nepal, and is expected to boost investment in Nepal's hydropower sector with a potential to generate up to 42,000 megawatts of electricity.

India, which shares a long and porous border with Nepal, has also announced a $1 billion soft loan, part of moves to woo back its neighbor.

 

[Tractor]

You are one of the most rational voice among PDF that I respect.

I agree with many of your comments.

I certainly hope China would have more influence over Nepal, my take is Nepal very "Indian". Blood is thicker than water. China will have more luck in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam or Myanmar where the culture is more similar and where ethnic Chinese or mix blood Chinese call the shot there.

Nothing original or rational here, if "Blood is thicker than water" is your major foreign policy doctrine.


China raises Nepal aid five-fold in regional diplomacy push
BY GOPAL SHARMA

KATHMANDU Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:52am EST

(Reuters) - China will increase official aid to Nepal by more than five times from fiscal 2015-16, officials said on Friday, to develop infrastructure in the landlocked nation where regional rival Indiahas long wielded political influence.

The jump in assistance was announced after talks between visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepali counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, part of a deepening engagement which is expected to lead to a visit by President Xi Jinping next year.

Both India and China have been courting the Himalayan nation as they worry about its slow transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republic and the end of a 10-year civil war in 2006 that has left deep divides.

China is concerned about the presence of Tibetans in Nepal, many of whom have crossed the treacherous Himalayas from their homeland. On Friday, Wang laid the foundations of a police academy to train officers of Nepal’s Armed Police Force that guards districts bordering Tibet.

Beijing will build the police academy as a gift on top of the annual aid of $128 million, up from the current $24 million, Krishna Prasad Devakota, a Nepal finance ministry official, said.

“As neighbors China and Nepal have common security needs ... we need to work together to crack down on illegal border crossings and transnational crimes,” Wang told reporters.

Traditionally, Tibetan exiles captured by Nepali police were handed to the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees for their onward journey to India where the Tibetans' spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is based.

But China says the refugees are illegal migrants and has been pressing Nepal to crush their movement. The number of Tibetans entering Nepal from China has fallen from about 2,500 six years ago to just about 200 a year.

Beijing's greater involvement in Nepal comes as India steps up its own engagement with its neighbors.

India has signed a deal to allow the import and export of electricity, a long pending demand of Nepal, and is expected to boost investment in Nepal's hydropower sector with a potential to generate up to 42,000 megawatts of electricity.

India, which shares a long and porous border with Nepal, has also announced a $1 billion soft loan, part of moves to woo back its neighbor.

As I have said the people of Nepal are not all Indian,just the leaders are Indian men.

Nothing original or rational here, if "Blood is thicker than water" is your major foreign policy doctrine.


China raises Nepal aid five-fold in regional diplomacy push
BY GOPAL SHARMA

KATHMANDU Fri Dec 26, 2014 6:52am EST

(Reuters) - China will increase official aid to Nepal by more than five times from fiscal 2015-16, officials said on Friday, to develop infrastructure in the landlocked nation where regional rival Indiahas long wielded political influence.

The jump in assistance was announced after talks between visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepali counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, part of a deepening engagement which is expected to lead to a visit by President Xi Jinping next year.

Both India and China have been courting the Himalayan nation as they worry about its slow transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republic and the end of a 10-year civil war in 2006 that has left deep divides.

China is concerned about the presence of Tibetans in Nepal, many of whom have crossed the treacherous Himalayas from their homeland. On Friday, Wang laid the foundations of a police academy to train officers of Nepal’s Armed Police Force that guards districts bordering Tibet.

Beijing will build the police academy as a gift on top of the annual aid of $128 million, up from the current $24 million, Krishna Prasad Devakota, a Nepal finance ministry official, said.

“As neighbors China and Nepal have common security needs ... we need to work together to crack down on illegal border crossings and transnational crimes,” Wang told reporters.

Traditionally, Tibetan exiles captured by Nepali police were handed to the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees for their onward journey to India where the Tibetans' spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is based.

But China says the refugees are illegal migrants and has been pressing Nepal to crush their movement. The number of Tibetans entering Nepal from China has fallen from about 2,500 six years ago to just about 200 a year.

Beijing's greater involvement in Nepal comes as India steps up its own engagement with its neighbors.

India has signed a deal to allow the import and export of electricity, a long pending demand of Nepal, and is expected to boost investment in Nepal's hydropower sector with a potential to generate up to 42,000 megawatts of electricity.

India, which shares a long and porous border with Nepal, has also announced a $1 billion soft loan, part of moves to woo back its neighbor.

Are Chinese really fool enough to train Nepal's police to seal the border to make Nepal an Indianized state finally as Indian wish?