Chinese investments across South Asia continue to face significant resistance ANI | Updated: May 27, 2021 16:38 IST
Beijing [China], May 27 (ANI): Even after four decades of robust external economic engagement and over seven years since its flagship project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched, Chinese investments in South Asia continue to generate resistance from member countries.
Sanjay Pulipaka and Mohit Musaddi write for Asia Times that on May 14, the Nepal Army sealed a deal with a Chinese company to construct bridges and tunnels along the Kathmandu-Terai expressway, despite the Public Accounts Committee of the Nepalese Parliament issuing a directive to scrap the contract for violating the competitive bidding process .
Even after four decades of robust external economic engagement and over seven years since its flagship project Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched, Chin
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Nepal: Protests Erupt Against Parliament Dissolution; 3 NC Cadres Arrested By Police
Massive protests broke out against dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Nepal against dessolution of the parliament and elections in November.
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At least three cadres of Nepali Congress (NC) were detained in front of President s Office Sheetal Niwas after massive protests broke out against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) in the Himalayan nation. Demonstrators in large numbers flooded the streets as they chanted anti-government slogans against President Bidya Devi Bhandari as he dissolved the HoR the second time as per Article 76 (7) of the Constitution of Nepal and announced mid-term elections to be held between November 12 and November 19. Bhandari acted on the recommendation of Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, ANI on Sunday reported.