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Post , Kathmandu has permitted the China International Development Cooperation Agency ( CIDCA ) to provide development assistance in 15 northern districts of Nepal “ to meet their developmental needs ”; these districts share a common border with Tibet . The agency was set up in August 2018 in order to strengthen “ the strategic planning and overall coordination of the Chinese aid to Nepal .”
One unsaid objective is to stop Tibetans fleeing their native land and taking refuge in India . It has been remarkably efficient . On May 12 , the Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board signed with Tibet Fuli Construction Group , a Chinese company , an agreement to construct the inland container depot in Timure in Rasuwa district . Built with Chinese aid , the project is expected to cost $ 20 million and is expected to be completed in 30 months .
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The Chinese Government will construct the dry port on five hectares of land provided by Nepal ; a parking yard with a capacity to park 350 trucks and containers will be built .
In another news , more on the ridiculous side , according to The Kathmandu Post , Nepal ’ s leading English language newspaper , three journalists working for the Rastriya Samachar Samiti ( RSS ), Nepal ’ s national news agency , are being probed for disseminating a news item regarding the Dalai Lama .
What is their crime ? The journalists “ translated and disseminated ” a wire report about the Lama ’ s return to Dharamsala on April 27 , after he was discharged from a hospital in New Delhi . Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Baskota confirmed to The Post that an investigation was on ; Baskota said that the Tibet issue was sensitive for China and dissemination of a report regarding the Dalai Lama ’ s health by a state-run news agency was against Nepal ’ s commitment to “ One-China policy .” Sycophancy of the first order !
Also in the tragi-comedy category , Pradip Yadav of the Samajbadi Party and Iqabal Miya of the Rastriya Janata Party , two Members of the Nepali Parliament , recently participated in an event organised by the Latvian Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet and the International Network of Parliamentarians for Tibet .
The convention in Riga was attended by Lobsang Sangay , president of the Central Tibetan Administration , along with other members of the Tibetan Parliament . Soon after , an official at the Parliament Secretariat pretended that “ the two leaders said they were visiting Latvia for personal reasons and they did not disclose the details and purpose of their visit .” But finally , the Nepali parliamentarian “ regretted ” their participation and declared that they inadvertently attended the conference because of misinformation and it was a “ mistake .”
China scored one more goal ; but for how long the love story can continue is difficult to say . Buddha had said “ everything is impermanent ” … even China ’ s great “ loan ” friendship ? �
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