China sees US-backed MCC Compact as coercive diplomacy in Nepal

KATHMANDU: China has termed the United States grant Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in Nepal as a form of coercive diplomacy.

Hua Chunying, who is Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as Foreign Ministry Spokesperson and Director General, Information Department, MFA People’s Republic of China, concluded that MCC was a form of coercive diplomacy the US was pursuing in Nepal.