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Nepalese Journalists Pushed to Avoid Reporting on China, Tibet

Yeshi Dorje

   WASHINGTON - Government officials in Nepal are pushing journalists to
   avoid critical reporting on China, one of the nation's largest
   investors as part of Beijing's One Belt, One Road project, a Nepalese
   journalist told VOA.

   Anil Giri, foreign affairs correspondent for the Kathmandu Post, said
   journalists are discouraged from covering Tibetan affairs to mollify
   China and that government officials shy away from commenting on
   China-related issues.

   China sponsors junkets for Nepalese journalists and "that's why
   probably we don't see lots of criticism about China's growing
   investment in Nepal, Chinese doing business in Nepal and China's
   growing political clout in Nepal," Giri said.

   He said Nepali government officials shy away from reporters seeking
   comments on China-related stories.

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