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China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
  + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +14 min
Hilsa Village NEPAL CHINA Area of detail CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles NEPAL CHINA Hilsa Village CHINA Area of detail Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles Source: OpenStreetMap, ESRI By Agnes ChangThe Nepalis have other complaints, too. “This is the new Great Wall of China,” said Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the former provincial chief minister of the area. Without proper roads, it takes goat herders three days to cover the seven miles from Simikot, Nepal, to Humla. CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDERThe Chinese side used to be nearly as remote, the seclusion broken only by a flow of pilgrims to Mount Kailash, which is holy to four faiths. Just 20 miles away is the junction of China, Nepal and India.
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