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China-Nepal Ties still Await General Thawing

Jan Sharma writes from Kathmandu
TIBET dominated the first official visit to China by Nepali Prime Minister Glrija Prasad Koirala in late March.
It was not given prominent attention by the Chinese me dia. as is the tradition for visiting heads of state. But Mr kolrala nonetheless declared he was "fully satisfied" with the
Indeed, the long handshakes and smiles so characteristic of a warm Chinese welcome, were conspicuous by their virtual absence on the first day of the visit. But analysts say ties between Nepal and her powerful northern neighbour nave been placed on a firm and business-like foot tog
As early as last October. Mr kolrala sent a message of the Chinese that Nepal will not allow the Tibetan spiritual leader-tn-exlte. the Dalal Lama, to under-take any political activities In Nepal.
Human rights activists ar-
ethat Mr Koirala, who says foreign policy is based on the twin pillars of human rights and democracy, has compromised his stand in making that demarche with Beijing.
Samten Lama, general secretary of the Nepal Buddha Dharma Scwa Sangh, warned the Prime Minister against signing any agreement with China that would be harmful to Buddhist religion and culture
He regretted that the Dalal Lama's planned visit to Nepal in 1991 was cancelled "because of the interference by the Chinese Embassy. It was a violation of human rights."
Soon after arriving in Beijing. Mr Koirala and his Chinese hosts talked for over 90 minutes over a wide range of issues. A joint communique said: The Chinese side sated that Tibet was an Inalienable part of China's territory and that it was resolutely opposed to any attempt or action aimed at splitting China or creating
an independent Tibet."
The Nepali side stated that it understood the position of the Chinese government and reiterated that "Nepal has al ways recognised that Tibet is an autonomous region of China"
Nepal also re affirmed that It 'had not allowed and would not allow Tibetans tn Nepal to engage in any anti China pollt teal activities tn Its soil."
The Tibetan issue is sensl five lo the Chinese and to Nepal which provides home to several thousand Tibetans who fled their country after the Chinese takeover.
Kathmandu and Beijing signed an economic and tech nlcal cooperation agreement under ^whlch Beijing would
provide a US69 million grant and help construct a cancer hospital tn Nepal.
The traditional Chinese enthusiasm for aid to Nepal Is lacking because of Beijing’s own vast needs. However. Chinese officials maintain that does not mean China's overall interest In Nepal will be one of benign neglect
Most important than aid, the contacts between Chinese and Nepal's new democratic leaders have just been established
"Let’s not Judge friendship In terms of money." Prime Minister Kolrala told an airport press conference in Kathmandu soon after returning home from Beijing.
Some analyst* link the visi-
ble absence of warmth in the Chinese reception to the Everest Issue, highlighted by the Punar J agar an. a weekly newspaper close to the ruling Nepali Congress party
The weekly ripped open the long settled 51 no Nepal boundary question. Including that bearing upon the sovereignty of Mt Everest
"Will China return Mt Everest to Nepal?" the news paper asked In It* March 10 toaue. It said the authoritarian regime overthrown In April 1990, "had given away half of Mt Everest and the Ttngrl plateau lo China to seek the Chinese support for the (regime) "
The newspaper said the 1960 boundary treaty was signed by taking advantage of Nepal s political Instability at that time, and called for a fresh demarcation of the Nepal China boundary.
Hindu. a vernacular weekly, charged that such questions were being raised to "sabotage
Mr Koirala s China vtott."
The first man to raise the Everest Issue was Khadga Bahadur Budha. a member of the United People’s Front. • radical left party
Diplomats also noted the timing of the official visit of General S O Rodrigues. India s Chief of the Army Staff, lo Nepal Just before Mr Kolrala a China vtott.
In January, two Taiwanese delegations visited Kathmandu in what was seen by some as a marked departure from Nepal's traditional foreign pol icy opposed to a "two-China*
In the state-owned vernacular daily, the Gorkhapatra, Congress MP Arjun Narshlngh referred to the destruction of monasteries in Tibet, recalled the Dalal Lama's flight from Lhasa to India in 1959 and suggested that conditions be created to facilitate the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
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