Pro-China elements among Nepal’s political leaders have shown an alacrity to jump at any opportunity to defend perceived damage to Beijing’s interest in the country. However, they seem to show little or no interest on longstanding allegations of Chinese transgressions on Nepali interests, whether it is border incursions or ill-treatment of the country’s citizens living close to occupied Tibet’s border.
An eight-day patrol to the Nepal-Tibet border found growing dissatisfaction among border residents over Chinese restrictions on grazing, cross-border trade and pilgrimages to Lake Mansarovar, reported kathmandupost.com Jul 11.
