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Wrong assessment completely. No Mr. Chellaney you are wrong.
Nepal’s honeymoon with China is short lived. There is nothing which Nepal could gain out of China, where mainland and manufacturing base is 4000 km away on their east coast. They have no other choice but to deal with india only. They have 2 million Nepalese in india and 30,000 in Indian armed forces. Much of Nepal exclude the Tibetan refugees are Hindu and will make sure that Chinese influence does not go too far.
Strategically, no invasion force will pass thru Nepal to invade india unmolested. Chinese defeat in Himalayas is certain. The 1962 defeat was due to very unrealistic Nehru. Now Chinese know that 200 miles wide Himalayas and a million strong Indian Army will make sure that Chinese are dead on arrival.
Nepal’s unhappiness is not getting carte Blanche on port entry and exit from Kolkata. Which nobody grants. Ask China if they have given it to Mongolia on their parts.
My opinion, let them go as far as they want to go to China. Once under debt, then they will realize and turn away. Many other countries have done it.
Wrong assessment completely. No Mr. Chellaney you are wrong.
Nepal’s honeymoon with China is short lived. There is nothing which Nepal could gain out of China, where mainland and manufacturing base is 4000 km away on their east coast. They have no other choice but to deal with india only. They have 2 million Nepalese in india and 30,000 in Indian armed forces. Much of Nepal exclude the Tibetan refugees are Hindu and will make sure that Chinese influence does not go too far.
Strategically, no invasion force will pass thru Nepal to invade india unmolested. Chinese defeat in Himalayas is certain. The 1962 defeat was due to very unrealistic Nehru. Now Chinese know that 200 miles wide Himalayas and a million strong Indian Army will make sure that Chinese are dead on arrival.
Nepal’s unhappiness is not getting carte Blanche on port entry and exit from Kolkata. Which nobody grants. Ask China if they have given it to Mongolia on their parts.
My opinion, let them go as far as they want to go to China. Once under debt, then they will realize and turn away. Many other countries have done it.