Leading the Charge: How a Drive for Electric Vehicles is Cleaning up Nepal
April 25th, 2025
Via The Guardian, a look at how growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ lives: In a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a […]
Read more »Nepal Took a Risk on a $500 Million U.S. Grant. It May Now Regret It.
February 22nd, 2025
Via the New York Times, a look at how President Trump’s freezing of foreign aid provides an opening for China to portray America as an unreliable partner. Nepal, the small Himalayan nation bordering China, was negotiating with Beijing over a major injection of infrastructure financing when the United States stepped in with a lucrative offer. […]
Read more »Railroads and Roads: Nepal-China Relations Move Into Fast Lane
October 17th, 2024
Via the Malaysia Sun, a look at the growing ties between Nepal and China: Nepal and China have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing projects under the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network (THMDCN), a Beijing-led idea that the two countries agreed to in April 2018. According to a statement issued by the Nepali Embassy in Beijing, Deputy […]
Read more »Nepal Asks China to Wipe Away a Loan It Can’t Afford to Pay Back
August 23rd, 2024
Via New York Times, an article on how a new government in Nepal has formally asked for relief from a $216 million debt it incurred for construction of an airport in Pokhara that has been beset by problems: When Nepal’s new international airport opened last year in one of the country’s biggest cities, it was […]
Read more »Electric Vehicles Sales Boom in Nepal
June 7th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, an interesting report on the EV sales boom in Nepal: Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated […]
Read more »The Nepali Army’s Growing Business Interests
February 17th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at the army’s growing commercial clout in Nepal: In an event in September 2022 to mark the completion of his first year as Nepal’s army chief, General Prabhu Ram Sharma asserted that “the Nepali Army is the focal point of hope, trust, and unity of the Nepali people,” adding that the military’s […]
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