Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?
- Written by Jagannath Adhikari, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
The spectacular view of the tourist town of Pokhara, one of the places that could be connected by a trans-Himalaya rail line.Author provided
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has ambitions to reshape the global economy by connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa through trade and infrastructure projects. All told,...