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After reading the article, all that can eventually be concluded is that China is establishing a tighter control over the hitherto very loose border, and that ex
by ilkke 3y ago
After reading the article, all that can eventually be concluded is that China is establishing a tighter control over the hitherto very loose border, and that exactly where the border is remains unclear even to people living close to it.
But the narrative structure of the article - of a leaked government document (!) about Chinese buildings on Nepalese sure of the border (!!) which China denies (!!!) and Nepal sends military to investigate (!!!!) only to find there aren't any (oh) - is an insult to journalism. Maybe I'm naive but I feel BBC used to have higher standards.
As for Nepal banning TikTok, good for them!
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoDid you read the same article? > The report also concluded that China had been limiting grazing by Nepalese farmers. > In the same area, it found China was building a fence around a border pillar, and attempting to construct a canal and a road on the Nepalese side of the border. Buildings were on Chinese side true, but Chinese roads and canals and fences were on the Nepalese side. > where the border is remains unclear even to people living close to it. Thats almost every border in this region.
- ilkke 3y agoLimiting grazing by Nepalese farmers... on the Chinese side of the border? Most probably, why else would the article leave that unclear. Also this would be an expected result of border traffic control. 'Attempting' to construct a canal and a road? If this is the explosive payload of the article, why not lean more into the detail?