China plans to build crucial "passageway" to South Asia through Tibet region: Report
KATHMANDU, March 6: China has included building an important "passageway" connecting Tibet with South Asia in the 14th Five Year plan which is due to commence from this year, media reports said.
The first China-South Asia Expo was held in Kunming in 2013 when the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed. Over the years, the expo has seen its exhibition space triple from 51,100 square meters to 150,000 square meters, and the number of participating countries, regions and international organizations double from 42 to 85.
KATHMANDU, July 25: The much-awaited 7th China-South Asia Expo and the 27th China Kunming Import and Export Fair are all set to be held in August in China.
KATHMANDU, July 25: The much-awaited 7th China-South Asia Expo and the 27th China Kunming Import and Export Fair are all set to be held in August in China.
South Asia was divided while responding to Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Pakistan and Afghanistan followed the Chinese standpoint. Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka reiterated their one-China policy and leveraged it to attain their interests but India and the Maldives opposed China to reiterate their policy.
KATHMANDU, April 6: Forbes, an American business magazine, has listed Nepali entrepreneur and businessman Binod Chaudhary as the only billionaire in South Asia except for India.
Chaudhary is the only billionaire in South Asia who is not from India. No businessmen or entrepreneurs in South Asian countries – Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – have been able to be in the Fobes list of billionaires except Nepal and India.
According to Fobes, Chaudhary’s income has also increased by 100 million dollars and reached a networth of 1.5 billion dollars this year. Chaudahry’s income was 1.4 billion dollars last year.
Likewise, India ranks third among the countries with the highest number of billionaires in the world. There are as many as 166 billionaires in India.
China, being in second position, has 539 billionaires.
The United States of America (USA), being the country with the highest number of billionaires, has 735 billionaires.
Elon Musk has topped the Fobes list of billionaires with networth of 209.3 billion dollar.
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China has proposed establishing a joint mechanism with the involvement of various countries in South Asia including Nepal and China itself to ease the supply of medical equipment for the Covid-19 response.
