Six years after BRI agreement, Nepal has little to show for it

Nepali officials seem unaware the deal, involving cross-border rail, is renewed every 3 years.

For six years of the signing of the Belt and Road Initiative with Nepal, China had nothing to show for a real project. That changed with the inauguration of Pokhara International Airport earlier this year when Beijing made a unilateral announcement to keep the airport built with Chinese aid under the BRI framework.