{"id":2958,"date":"2021-10-11T04:12:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2021-10-10T22:09:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:24:23","slug":"committee-constitued-to-investigate-china-nepal-border-dispute-another-political-delude-shweta-deepti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/committee-constitued-to-investigate-china-nepal-border-dispute-another-political-delude-shweta-deepti.html","title":{"rendered":"Committee constitued to investigate China-Nepal border dispute Another political delude? : Shweta Deepti"},"content":{"rendered":"

China is doing all this work to strengthen its strength and to put<\/strong><\/span>
\npressure on India, of which Nepal is also becoming a part, although the<\/strong><\/span>government has always been saying that Nepal will not allow its soil to be<\/strong><\/span>used for anti-India activities. The unseen truth is that it is just happening.<\/strong><\/span>It has been Chinese policy to show its supremacy by giving loans and<\/strong><\/span>then creating situations to coerce the other party to come to its knees,<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Dr.Shweta Deepti,<\/strong> <\/span>(Editor of Himalini) Kathmandu.
\nNepal-China border dispute is once again a hot topic in politcal
\ncorridors of Nepal. It is difficult to say how long will it last this time. Because,
\nit is all a part of politics, where, although committees on various issues are
\nconstituted but their reports are either delayed or related files are lost.
\nCurrent Deuba regime has announced the constitution of a high-level
\ncommittee to investigate Chinese encroachment on Nepal\u2019s land. This
\ncommittee will submit a report on all the disputes related to border with
\nChina.\u00a0 ( It is now submitted but not Disclosed ) Last year, when China was engaged in a violent stand-off with India in
\nGalwan, the issue of Chinese encroachment of Nepal\u2019s land in Humla
\nsurfaced during that time. That time also, a committee was constituted but
\nthe members of the committee were not allowed to reach disputed area and
\nthey had to return from half of the way. The then Prime Minister Mr. KP Sharma
\nOli had then categorically rejected allegations of land encroachment by
\nChina saying there was no dispute with China on border issue. Even the
\nreport of the committee was not made public. That time, China asserted that
\nit had not constructed any building on Nepal\u2019s land and the construction
\ntook place only in Burang County of Tibet\u00a0 Autonomous Region. Chinese state media Global Times then wrote that there were faults in
\nborder determination. Nepal\u2019s survey officers were not properly trained
\nand are non-professional. China had published a map depicting Pillar No.
\n11 & 12 through its mouthpiece Global Times.
\nThe Nepal Govt has been at odds with China over border issue since
\n2005. Due to this dispute, Nepal had also called off talks related to border
\nissue in 2012. Issue of Humla is not new. China has undertaken many of
\nsuch mischievous activities on bordering areas of Nepal and has constructed
\npermanent structures and roads on Nepal\u2019s land. News of China\u2019s enclosing
\nof Rui Village of Gorkha district of Nepal also surfaced which caused much
\nuproar. The opposition party Nepali Congress then moved a resolution in the
\nlower house of Nepal\u2019s parliament urging Oli Government to take back the
\nencroached land from China. Leaders of opposition parties alleged that
\nChina had encroached upon 64 hectare of Nepali land in Dolkha, Humla,
\nSindhupalchowk, Sankhuwasuva, Gorkha and Rasuwa districts. Around 18
\npillars are missing and many are pushed into Nepali territory along the
\n1414.88 km-long border between Nepal and China. However, at that time
\nthe then Foreign Minister of Nepal Pradeep Gyawali had plainly denied
\nencroachment by China on any territory of Nepal and said that Nepal had no
\ndispute with China regarding the border.
\nIt is already known that border determination between Nepal and China took
\nplace in 1960 with the mutual consent of both sides. After this a border
\nagreement was reached between the two sides in 1961 and pillars were
\ninstalled on the border. Many changes took place since then but the
\nborderline remained unchanged. Latter 76 permanent pillars
\nwere also installed on the border of both the countries. With emerging
\ndevelopments China is trying to change the status quo.<\/p>\n

Recently, during the last government, a report was prepared by Survey
\nDepartment of Agriculture Ministry which showed 10 bordering places out
\nof 11 had been encroached by China. Nepal government then
\nsuspected China of encamping its military post there in times to come. An
\nANI news report showed that China was stepping up its road network in
\nTibet region causing many rivers and their tributaries to change their course
\ntowards Nepal which has resulted in curtailed border. It was feared that
\nif this situation continued, a large part of Nepali territory would be added in
\nTibet. According to survey report, the construction work by China near
\nborder has changed the course of Bagder and Karnali rivers, due to which
\n10 hectares land in Humla district of Nepal has been encroached upon by
\nChina. Similary, China has encroached 06 hectares of land in Rasuwa
\ndistrict. In Sankhuwasabha district also, China has encroached 9 hectares
\nland due to change in the course of river, and it claims additional 11 hectares
\nland as part of Tibet region.
\nAccording to sources, China has resorted to encroachments in Lapcha
\nand Limi areas of Humla. This area is of very strategic importance which is
\nnear the way to Kailash Mansarovar.<\/strong><\/span> Ten years ago, when a road was
\nconstructed there, China built a structure. When Nepal objected to it, China
\ndubbed this building as veterinary hospital saying this was significantly
\nuseful for both the nations. Lapcha-Limi is a faraway region of the country
\nand lacks effective administration. Taking advantage of this, China
\nconstructed buildings and it has now openly made clear that the land does
\nnot belong to Nepal. According to sources, for months China has been
\nconstructing roads in Tibet under its jurisdiction. This has caused some
\nrivers flowing in Nepal to change their course. This situation has created a
\nfavorable environment for China to encroach upon Nepali land.
\nChina claims that the land on which the river flows in its territory,
\nbelongs to it. If this situation continued, hundreds of hectares Nepali land
\nwill be lost. Because China\u2019s has already reached to Nepal\u2019s mountains, plains and rivers.<\/p>\n

China ambition to become superpower of the world<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe world is familiar with the expansionist policy of China. It has been
\nChina\u2019s policy to extend loans in the name of cooperation and development
\nand gradually exerting its strong influence over the borrowing country. It is
\ndue to this policy that China is supporting the notorious Taliban which is
\nconsidered synonym of the terror in the world and in this China has a
\nsupport of a nation which has already ceded its territories to China reeling
\nunder its loans. China has all praised the Taliban and said that they have
\nchanged now but the Taliban have started to showing their true colors.
\nChina\u2019s history shows that it has always resorted to expansionist policy
\nby means of power and weapons irrespective of any regime \u2013 monarchy,
\nrepublic and communist \u2013 it followed. Many ancient dynasties of China
\nextended the borders of the country to Korea, Vietnam, Mangolia and Central
\nAsia. This expansionist policy of China got even more aggressive when the
\nCommunist regime was established in the leadership of Mao Tse Tung in
\n1949. Mao said, \u2018power grows out from the barrels of a gun\u2019. Mao assured his
\ncountrymen that People\u2019s Liberation Army would certainly recover the
\nterritories that were part of ancient China. After this China started to expand
\nits boundaries by resorting to any means whatsoever. Not only China claims
\nthe territories of its 14 neighbors but also lays a claim on the US-owned
\nHawaii Island situated 8000 Kms away. According to Chinese, Chinese
\nsailors had discovered America well before Columbus did. Rock paintings of
\nNew Maxico state of the US attest to this. This is not all, china asserts that
\nits sailors had settled in Australia centuries before the European could
\ndiscover it. As many as 23 countries all over the world are troubled by
\nsinister designs of China as it considers war integral to its expansionist
\npolicy.
\nChina has got the most neighbors in the world and it shares border
\nwith 14 countries. Geography has endowed it greatly but the growing hunger
\nfor land is getting it in conflict with each of its neighbors. Not only India but
\n22 other countries of the world are piqued by this.
\nA look at those countries of the world which are becoming victims of<\/strong><\/span>
\nChina’s expansionist policy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Afghanistan:<\/strong><\/span> China claims the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.
\nDespite the 1963 treaty, it has encroached upon the province.
\nBhutan:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>China claims the territory of Cherpik Gompa, Dho, Dangmar, Gesur
\nDoklam, Sichulang, Dramna and Ha districts of Bhutan as its own. China
\nhas also infiltrated Bhutan.
\nBrunei:<\/strong><\/span> China claims the Spratly Island of Brunei in the South China Sea.
\nMyanmar:<\/strong><\/span> China says that Burma was under China under the rule of the
\nYuan Dynasty (1271\u20131368). China also has a border dispute with Myanmar.<\/p>\n

Cambodia<\/strong><\/span>: According to China, Cambodia was part of China during the Ming
\ndynasty (1368\u20131644). That is why China has been claiming its large land.
\nIndia:<\/strong><\/span> China has been infiltrating Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh.
\nAfter the 1962 war, China occupied 38,000 square kilometrs land of India.
\nIndonesia:<\/strong><\/span> China has been claiming Indonesia’s Natuna Islands in the
\nSouth China Sea.
\nJapan:<\/strong><\/span> China also claims the Senkaku island of Japan in the East China
\nSea as its own.
\nKazakhstan:<\/strong><\/span> China claims that Kazakhstan was part of it during the time of
\nChinese Emperor Kublai Khan (1260\u20131294). China has been claiming a large
\npart of Kazakhstan.
\nKyngystan<\/strong><\/span>: China also considers Kyngystan to be part of ancient China. It
\nalleges that in the 19th century Russia took its hegemony over it.
\nLaos<\/strong><\/span>: According to China, Laos was also part of it during the Yuan
\nDynasty (1271\u20131368), So it has also a claim on the land of this country.
\nMalaysia:<\/strong><\/span> There are several islands in the Spratly Islands region in the South
\nChina Sea. Different islands here are occupied by Malaysia, Vietnam, China,
\nTaiwan and the Philippines. China considers the island occupied by Malaysia
\nas its own.
\nMongolia:<\/strong><\/span> China has also been claiming the land of Mongolia on the basis
\nof the Yuan dynasty (1271\u20131368) empire.
\nNepal:<\/strong><\/span> Between 1788\u20131792 there was a war between China and Nepal. In
\nthis war, China occupied many areas of Nepal.
\nNorth Korea:<\/strong><\/span> China has been claiming North Korea’s Baekdu Mountains
\nand Jiangdao on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty (1271\u20131368) empire.
\nPakistan:<\/strong><\/span> Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan Occupied by Kashmir and Shijiang
\nprovince of China meet each other. China laid its claim in this area. To
\njeopardize India’s security, Pakistan gave land to China to build the
\nKarakoram road in the Shaksgam valley.
\nPhilippines:<\/strong><\/span> China claims the Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Island of the
\nPhilippines in the South China Sea as its own.
\nRussia:<\/strong><\/span> China has recently claimed that the city of Vladivostok in Russia
\nwas part of China in 1820. It has been claiming thousands of square
\nkilometers of land in Russia in the past as well.
\nSingapore:<\/strong><\/span> China also has a dispute with Singapore over some part of the
\nSouth China Sea.
\nTaiwan:<\/strong><\/span> According to the One China Theory, China considers Taiwan as its
\npart. When communist rule was established in China in 1949, the then
\nChinese ruler Chang Kaishek formed his government-in-exile in Taiwan.
\nTaiwan considers itself an independent country and China has been
\nrejecting the claim.
\nTajikistan<\/strong><\/span>: China has also been claiming Tajikistan on the basis of the rule
\nof the Ching dynasty (1644\u20131912).
\nVietnam:<\/strong><\/span> According to China, Vietnam was under China during the Ming
\nDynasty (1368\u20131644). Apart from this, China also considers its right over
\nthe Paracel Island of Vietnam.
\nSouth Korea:<\/strong><\/span> South Korea has rights over many islands in the East China
\nSea. But China considers it its own.
\nNot only this, China has forced many countries under its debt policy to
\nmake them surrender to it. China had invested Rs 36,480 crore in Sri
\nLanka’s Hambantota port, airport, coal power plant, road construction. In
\n2016, this debt increased to Rs 45,600 crore. Sri Lanka could not repay this
\ndebt and due to this it had to lease the Hambantota port to China for 99
\nyears, that is, many generations of Sri Lanka have become financially slaves
\nof China.
\nThe situation in Pakistan is somewhat similar. Growing proximity of
\nPakistan to China to play hostile to India, has given rise to its plight. China
\nhas invested Rs 4.56 lakh crore in Pakistan’s CPEC project. A large amount
\nof it is in the form of debt with interest rate of 7%. China wants to build a
\nnaval base near Gwadar Port of Pakistan. China considers Pakistan as its<\/em><\/strong>
\nmost important partner.<\/em><\/strong>
\nMany important projects of China are going on here. But among these, the
\nChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the most important and biggest
\ninvestment project. It is expected to involve an investment of more than $62
\nbillion. CPEC is in the heart of Balochistan. But the citizens there consider
\nthis project to be a repressive policy of the government and China. Pakistan
\nis also reeling under the huge debt of China. Troubled by rising debt,
\nPakistan always looks to international institutions for debt.
\nChina had tied up with Bangladesh in the BRI project. China has invested
\nRs 2.89 lakh crore in Bangladesh and now Bangladesh has also come to
\nknow about China’s intention.
\nMaldives leased 16 islands to Chinese companies in 2016. Now China is
\ndoing construction work on these islands. So that the Indian Ocean, Arabian
\nSea and Bay of Bengal can keep an eye on international trade and India.
\nObviously, China is doing all this work to strengthen its strength and to put
\npressure on India, of which Nepal is also becoming a part, although the
\ngovernment has always been saying that Nepal will not allow its soil to be
\nused for anti-India activities. The unseen truth is that it is just happening.
\nIt has been Chinese policy to show its supremacy by giving loans and
\nthen creating situations to coerce the other party to come to its knees, on
\none hand, and creating disputes with all its neighbours on the other hand
\nthe instance of which is before us. Despite this, if a country gives China an
\nopportunity to hold its hand, then it will definitely capture the whole body,
\nthe ground reality shows this.
\nIn such circumstances, if the Deuba government has taken any
\ninitiative, it should certainly be appreciated. But the fear of the Nepali people
\npersists whether our government will really be able to put pressure on China
\nor this announcement too will be reduced to mere formality. We can certainly
\nexpect our government not to keep the country hostage in the name of
\ndevelopment and create an environment to present its side strongly with
\nregard to the border dispute whether it is with India or with China. People
\nexpect that Nepal will stand firm before China.<\/p>\n

(The article was first published in the September issue of Himalini in Hindi. Here is the translation from Hindi. : Publisher )<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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