‘China’s projects don’t always get conducive environment in Nepal’

‘When China wants to carry out developmental work in one country, there is no need for some other South Asian countries to feel insecure.’

With China on the brink of confirming Xi Jinping as the country’s president for the third consecutive term, Purushottam Poudel of the Post caught up with Bishnu Pukar Shrestha , Nepal’s ambassador to China. In this wide-ranging interview, the ambassador opens up on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), new dimensions of Nepal-China relations and his experience in China.