Beijing’s ‘Visit Nepal’ push fails, Tibetans continued to be denied passports

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan03’26) – China in Jun 2024 declared 2025 as “Visit Nepal Year in China” and promised to bring at least 500,000 Chinese tourists to the country. However, the Himalayan country has registered negative growth from China, which may be partly because of the absence of any change in Beijing’s greatly tightened policy over the past many years of effectively denying passport to ordinary Tibetans.

During the 16th round of the Nepal–China diplomatic consultation mechanism meeting held in Kathmandu, China unveiled plans to promote Nepal as a key destination for Chinese travellers, declaring 2025 as “Visit Nepal Year in China”. Informally, senior Chinese officials...

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