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Chinese President Xi Jinping's Nepal visit "still causing debate'

, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 13 October 2019. Xi was on a two-day visit to Nepal.  EPA/PRAKASH MATHEMA / POOL

Children wearing traditional clothes pose as they arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport to bid farewell to China's President Xi Jinping. Source: EPA/PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP POOL via AAP

US officials say Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to Nepal shows its increasing influence in the Himalayan nation.


Foreign policy expert, Professor Pramod Jaiswal spoke to SBS Nepali about the Chinese President's Nepal visit and what it means for Nepal and its relationship with India.


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