Nepal’s general election results seen as disappointing to China

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar09’26) – Although the votes are still being counted, the final outcome is a foregone conclusion, with the only question being the margins of victory, or defeat, as the case may be. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of 35-year-old rapper and ex-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah is on course to win a landslide majority in parliament. Shah has also defeated former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, 74, in Jhapa 5 – traditionally a safe seat for him – by a huge margin, paving the way for him to become the next prime minister.

For years China has persuaded, coerced and otherwise lobbied with the country’s disparate communist parties, especially the two big ones, to come ...

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