GT staff reporters November 30, 2020
Editor's Note: A spate of fabricated, hyped China-Nepal and China-Bhutan border disputes is raising concerns about looming foreign forces backing the China-bashing campaign across Himalayas. Local observers and insiders reached by the Global Times see foreign hands as the source of false territory encroachment allegations and defamation against...more
The budget session of the Federal Parliament of Nepal for the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2077-78 is summoned. It is necessary to discuss the principles of budgets in the parliament as per the constitutional and legal provisions. Expectations are higher as the is government planning to...more
Kathmandu. Ambassador of the Peoples' Republic of China to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, has met three top leaders of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) separately on Thursday and Friday. Ambassador Hou Yanqi had met NCP Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday afternoon at his official residence in...more
Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' held a discussion on essential steps to be taken by the government to control the spread of Novel Coronavirus and to provide relief to poor people affected by the countrywide lockdown declared by the government. Two...more
Beijing. Trade between China's Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal is likely to tumble in the first quarter due to the impact of the deadly coronavirus, yet the previous booming trade will recover gradually as long as the epidemic subsides, local officials and business representatives told the Global Times...more
Seventeen Nepali editors signed a statement on Wednesday to condemn the Chinese embassy’s "use of disparaging language". I think they have a belief that since the Nepali constitution guarantees the full press freedom, they can express everything freely. In my opinion, their belief is superstition. Western media, like...more
Kathmandu. The Chinese Embassy in Nepal strongly protested against a content published in a Nepal-based English Daily describing it as an attempt of a vicious attack against the political system of China. The Embassy of the Peoples' Republic of China in Nepal released a press statement on Tuesday against...more
Beijing. Greece and Nepal will not restrict Chinese nationals from entering their countries due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Envoys from both countries also told the Global Times on Monday that economic cooperation with China had not been disrupted. "All Chinese nationals wishing to travel to Greece are...more
Kathmandu. Country-level National Consultative Meeting for the 35th Asia Pacific Regional Conference (APRC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was held at Kathmandu. Addressing the meeting, Dr. Yubak Dhwoj GC, secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, said that the forthcoming 35th...more
The year 2020 will be the "early harvest year" for China and Nepal to implement their leaders' consensus, with economic and trade ties further developing through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times. Hou noted that...more
Beijing. The year 2020 will see a peak of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal as both countries will further advance economic and trade ties in the new year through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times on...more
Beijing. Chinese visitors will vie for the largest share in tourist arrivals to Nepal with Indian tourists once the infrastructure across the Himalayas is completed, a veteran Chinese tour operator said on Monday. The comment came after a tweet by Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi stormed the...more
In the recently held Central Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the goal of communism has been finally endorsed by the leaders and is likely to be incorporated in the Party statue. Since the merger of the CPN-UML led by PM Kadga Prasad Sharma Oli...more
Introduction: Nepali People have printed their map in the heart and mind of greater Nepal. ‘Bhimsen's Prime Minister Ship is best remembered for the Anglo-Nepalese war. The territorial expanse of the Gurkha Empire had reached its greatest extent from Sutlej River in the...more
Kathmandu. Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided on the responsibilities of its two chairpersons: Chairman KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' as the Executive Chairman of the party. Meeting of the Secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has made the...more