Anti-China Protests and Nepal’s Geopolitical Sensitivity

From www.groundreport.com/mohannepali

The Nepal government led by pro-India Nepali Congress has found itself in a difficult position as to Sino-Nepal relations and the everyday anti-China Tibetan protests in Kathmandu. The US Administration and New Delhi both think that Tibetans deserve the right to protest while the Nepalis fear that such regular anti-China Tibetan protests in Kathmandu will cause a substantial damage to the bilateral relations between Nepal and China. Especially, the fact that Nepal’s foreign policy has always defined Tibet as an autonomous province of China does not allow anti-China pro-independence Tibetan protests in Nepal. However, some INGOs working in Nepal have, because of their own ideological reasons, been trying to promote the pro-independence Tibetan movement. Involved in them are some Nepali human rights industrialists who want to use human rights channels to help Tibetans promote their pro-independence movement. Even white faces can be seen in Tibetans’ Kathmandu protests. Although they usually conceal their exact identity, some Nepali intelligence sources affiliated to media admit that there are also some detectives among such white faces.

 As to how harsh or soft Nepal can be to Tibetan protests in Kathmandu, the Nepal government has ..............................