Beijing in a bid to engage Congress as it explores unity of left forces in Nepal

Chinese delegation’s visit carries multiple messages amid geopolitical shifts, experts and observers say.

Months after China made strong position on how Nepal should accept foreign assistance from any country vis-a-vis its arch-rival the United States, Liu Jianchao, the head of International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday, marking the second high-level visit from the north since Nepali parliamentarians ratified America’s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact.