India has a China-sized problem in Nepal but must capitalise on current momentum While China has gone about reshaping the regional and even international order, exerting intense gravitational pull over smaller states around India’s periphery, India has remained complacent and insulated. Sreemoy Talukdar December 10, 2020 09:05:49 IST File image of Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli. PTI
In a recent interview to
The Hindu newspaper, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expanded on the enormity of the challenge India faces from a rising China that has launched massive economic and influence operations through trade and connectivity projects to win friends and gain favour among India’s closest neighbours states that form part of India’s strategic backyard. Jaishankar’s comments betray a tacit admission that India has long been taking relationship
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In a setback to China, Nepal green lights Indian rail project
The contest between India and China for strategic influence in the Himalayas has escalated with authorities in Nepal agreeing to fast-track a rail connection from their capital Kathmandu to the Indian mainland.
| 10 Dec 2020 1:00 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The contest between India and China for strategic influence in the Himalayas has escalated with authorities in Nepal agreeing to fast-track a rail connection from their capital Kathmandu to the Indian mainland. The decision follows China s energetic effort to link the Nepalese capital with Tibet.
Analysts say that India s initiative has strong security connotations. By connecting Nepal with India along tracks which are of a different gauge, New Delhi has prevented