In this year’s Beijing International Tea and Tea Ceremony Exhibition, where nearly 700 exhibitors competed for attention, the scale of China’s tea industry was on full display. For many, it is a sensory experience. For producers, it is s…
Six months ago, when Nepali Gen Z began raising their voices against corruption on social media, few in the political establishment took them seriously. The posts were dismissed as another wave of online frustration, loud but ultimately inconsequent…
On February 24, China’s newly appointed ambassador to Nepal, Zhang Maoming, presented his credentials to President Ramchandra Paudel in Kathmandu. Three days later, he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sushila Karki, where both sides exch…
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a stark warning about the growing network of scam compounds operating across Southeast Asia, where Nepali citizens are being enticed by lucrative job offers only to find themselves detained and forc…
On a weekday afternoon in Kathmandu, a tea shop owner no longer pauses to ask how a customer would like to pay. A laminated QR code placed beside the counter, creased from sun and steam, has become as permanent as the kettle itself. When asked wheth…
Nepal’s digital economy is expanding at breakneck speed. According to the national telecom statistics, internet use is increasing by more than 25 percent each year, while millions of new smartphones are imported annually, driven by the rapid s…
Nepal and China marked 70 years of diplomatic relations at a symposium in Beijing this week, where speakers from both countries reflected on the evolution of bilateral ties and spoke about how cooperation can continue to deepen across political, eco…
A generation ago, women in Nepal’s foreign service could be counted on one hand. Today, at one of Nepal’s most strategic diplomatic outposts, the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing, women form the heart of the mission and make up nearly the ent…
When Serbia’s youth began losing momentum in their long-running protests, inspiration came from an unexpected place: a small Himalayan nation half a world away. Banners appeared across the country with a single word: “Nepal.” Soon …
When the Oli government banned various social media platforms in early September, citing national security and platform compliance failures, it likely anticipated a few angry posts, some scattered protests, and then silence. What they didn’t e…
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