(TibetanReview.net, Jun18’26) – China has on Jun 15 sought to drive home to visiting Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal the point that the West, especially the United States, should not be trusted whereas “good neighbour” China is always there to help it. China has long used its aid to Nepal as a leverage to get Kathmandu to make life difficult for Tibetan refugees living in the country for decades while the West has sought to pressure it to help alleviate their suffering.
“Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbours. China will always be a reliable neighbour and reliable partner…,” for Nepal, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Khanal who was on a four-day visi...





