The Nepal Tea-Tasting Festival: Strengthening Nepal-China Cultural Bonds, co-hosted by the Nepali Embassy in China and the Silk Road Cities Alliance, was held on Friday in Beijing.

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region on January 7 killed at least 126 people, with the tremor also rattling parts of neighbouring Nepal and India. But dramatic footage of a quake damaging a busy roundabout that spread globally online and appeared in a Thai television report does not show the recent disaster.

Nepal Visit Year in China was also formally launched on the occasion, as 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two neighbors.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people stand amidst damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake in Tonglai Village, Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday,

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and damaged religious structures, with aftershocks of up to 5.0 in magnitude still shaking the area.

Students pose for a photo with bicycles donated under an international bicycle project initiated by the China Foundation for Rural Development in collaboration with Hello Inc. in Birgunj, Madhesh Province, Nepal, Jan. 20, 2025. (Nepal Office of the China Foundation for Rural Development/Handout via Xinhua)

Misrepresented videos continued to flood social media following the deadly January 7 earthquake that rocked China's remote Tibet region and was also felt in neighbouring Nepal and parts of India. In one recent example,

Trump spoke with Chinese president Xi Jinping before his inauguration, and it seems to have been a meeting of minds between the two authoritarians: the TikTok ban was immediately halted. For all the bluster and brinkmanship, those threats against China appear to be just bargaining.

Following his inauguration at the Capitol Hill on January 20, President Trump signed several Executive Orders that included the withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), tighter immigration rules, exit from the Paris Climate Agreement, increased tariffs on Mexico and Canada, deregulation of artificial intelligence (AI) among many others.

The Bahrabise-Kathmandu section of the Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchok district is in a sorry state due to lack of repair and maintenance work. Travelling along the highway has become increasingly risky, as the authorities concerned have yet to repair the road, which was damaged by floods and landslides during the monsoon season.

Uprising of 2024 and the fall of Sheikh Hasina, India's long-time ally, have dramatically shifted the political dynamics in Bangladesh. Hasina and her affiliates' escape to India, escalating border tensions,

TikTok’s time in the United States is ticking down. On Friday, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the federal law that would effectively ban the popular Chinese-owned video platform in the United States. The ban is set to be enforced on Sunday, though details about its implementation remain scant.