China envoy again packs a geopolitical punch as new Pokhara airport suffers

Chinese officials say it is Nepal’s decision to have only nine projects under the BRI framework, not theirs.

On December 31 last year, on the eve of Pokhara International Airport inauguration by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Chinese Embassy wrote on its Twitter account that “This [Pokhara airport] is the flagship project of the China-Nepal BRI cooperation.”