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    China is considering extending its railway network to Nepal by building a tunnel under Mount Everest. This would link China's existing railway to Lhasa, Tibet with Nepal. The proposed rail line is part of China's efforts to expand its economic and political influence in Nepal and South Asia through major infrastructure projects. However, some analysts in India, which rivals China for influence in the region, remain concerned about China's growing ties with neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan.

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    China is considering extending its railway network to Nepal by building a tunnel under Mount Everest. This would link China's existing railway to Lhasa, Tibet with Nepal. The proposed rail line is part of China's efforts to expand its economic and political influence in Nepal and South Asia through major infrastructure projects. However, some analysts in India, which rivals China for influence in the region, remain concerned about China's growing ties with neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan.

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    China is considering extending its railway network to Nepal by building a tunnel under Mount Everest. This would link China's existing railway to Lhasa, Tibet with Nepal. The proposed rail line is part of China's efforts to expand its economic and political influence in Nepal and South Asia through major infrastructure projects. However, some analysts in India, which rivals China for influence in the region, remain concerned about China's growing ties with neighboring countries like Nepal and Pakistan.

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    ChinamaybuildrailtunnelunderMountEverest,statemediareports

    Constructionprojectisbelievedtobeunderconsiderationandispartofproposed
    extensiontolinkChinawithNepalbyrail

    MountEverestatsunrise.Accordingtostatemedia,ChinaisintalkswithNepaltobuild
    arailtunnelunderthemountain.Photograph:KristyDurbridge/Alamy

    ChinaisconsideringextendingarailwaylinelinkingthecountrytoNepalviaatunnel
    under
    MountEverest
    ,accordingtoChinesestatemedia.
    TheproposalisthelatestinaseriesofambitiousrailschemesBeijingisreportedly
    examining.Itcomesamidscepticismaboutwhethersomeoftheprojectswilleverget
    offthegroundandatatimeofagrowingChinesepresencein
    Nepal
    ,whichhascaused
    someconcerninrivalregionalpowerIndia.
    TheQinghaiTibetrailwayalreadylinkstherestofChinawiththeTibetancapital,Lhasa,
    andbeyond,andanextensionrunningasfarastheinternationalborderisalreadybeing

    plannedatNepalsrequest,the
    China
    DailyquotedarailwayexpertattheChinese
    AcademyofEngineeringassaying.
    Theprojectisexpectedtobecompletedby2020,thenewspapercitedaTibetanofficial
    assaying.ExtendingthelinewouldpotentiallyforgeacruciallinkbetweenChinaand
    thehugemarketsofIndia.ItwasraisedbytheChineseforeignminister,WangYi,ona
    visittoKathmanduinDecember,accordingtoNepalesereports.
    ThelinewillprobablyhavetogothroughQomolangmasothatworkersmayhavetodig
    someverylongtunnels,railwayexpertWangMengshutoldtheChinaDaily,referringto
    MountEverestbyitsTibetanname.
    OwingtothechallengingHimalayanterrain,withitsremarkablechangesinelevation,
    trainsonanylinetoKathmanduwouldprobablyhaveamaximumspeedof75mph
    (120km/h),headded.

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    Kathmandu,Nepal.Photograph:Stoneography/GettyImages/FlickrRF

    Lastyear,anotherstaterunnewspaper,theBeijingTimes,reportedthatChinawas
    considering
    buildingahighspeedrailwaylinetotheUS
    thatwouldrunfor8,080miles,
    about1,865milesfurtherthantheTransSiberianrailway.Itwouldalsoincludeabout
    125milesofunderseatunnel,whichwouldbetheworldslongest,crossingtheBering
    StraitbetweenRussiaandAlaska.
    TheTimesalsolistedanotherthreeinternationalhighspeedrailprojectsthatarein
    variousstagesofplanninganddevelopment.
    OnewouldrunfromLondonviaParis,Berlin,Warsaw,KievandMoscow,whereit
    wouldsplitintotworoutes,oneofwhichwouldruntoChinathroughKazakhstanand
    theotherthrougheasternSiberia.AnotherwouldbegininthefarwesternChinesecity
    ofUrumqiandthenrunthroughKazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Iranand
    TurkeytoGermany,andthelastwouldbegininthesouthwestcityofKunmingandend
    inSingapore.
    ItwasuncleartowhatextentChinahadconsultedanyoftheothercountrieswhose
    consentwouldberequired,althoughitwasannouncedinAugustthatThailandsmilitary
    juntahad
    approveda$23bn(13.6bn)transportproject
    thatwouldseetwohighspeed
    railwayslinkupdirectlywithKunming,viaLaos,by2021.Thelinewouldformpartofthe
    plannedroutetoSingapore,whichwouldalsorunthroughMalaysia.
    AmapofproposedChinesehighspeedraillinesinAsia.Itisuncleartowhatextent
    Chinahasconsultedwithcountrieswhoseconsentwouldberequiredorifthelines
    weretobebuilt.
    ThegrowingChinesepresenceinNepalgoesbeyondroadsandrailways,withmassive
    hydroelectricprojects,airportsandapilgrimagecentreatLumbini,thebirthplaceof
    Buddha,allslatedtoreceivesubstantialfundingfromBeijing.
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    ThenumberoftouristsfromChinaisalsorisingrapidly.Thoughoveralltouristarrivals
    byairdeclinedin2014,
    visitorsfromChina
    grewbynearly20%tomorethan71,107.
    Moreflightconnectionsarealsoplanned.
    Chinesemadegoods
    floodthemarkets
    ofKathmanduandPokhara,thewestern
    Nepalesecity,andnewlanguageschoolsteachingMandaringenerouslysubsidised
    byBeijingareincreasinglypopular.
    IndiananalystssayBeijingsinfluenceisaconcernbutoftenexaggerated.
    TheChinesearegivingitahardtrybutthetieswithIndiaareverystrong,saidG
    Parthasarathy,aretiredseniorIndiandiplomatandcommentator.Theresanatural
    geographyandhistorytoourrelationship[withNepal].Yes,theycanbuildafewroads
    buttheycantemployfivemillionNepalese.AndhowmanyNepalisaremigratingto
    China?Thenthereareaffinitiesandculturetoo.
    TherivalrybetweenthetwoAsianpowersisintense,however,withIndiascoringsome
    successesrecentlyinpushingbackagainstBeijingseffortstoextendChineseinfluence
    intoareassuchasSriLanka,traditionallyseenasDelhisbackyard.Achangeof
    governmentinSriLankahasledtomegaprojectsfundedbyChineseloansandbuiltby
    Chinesecompaniesbeingshelved.
    ButIndianstrategistsaremostworriedaboutBejingslinkswithIndiaswestern
    neighbour.
    WearemuchmoreconcernedabouttheChineserelationshipwithPakistan,thanwith
    Nepal,saidParthasarathy.
    ChineseplanstoexpandtherailnetworkinTibethavecomeundercriticismfromrights
    groupsincludingtheInternationalCampaignforTibet(ICT),whichhaswarnedofthe
    projectsdangerousimplicationsforregionalsecurityandthefragileecosystemofthe
    worldshighestandlargestplateau.

    TheChinesegovernmentsclaimthatrailexpansionontheplateausimplybenefits
    tourismandliftsTibetansoutofpovertydoesnotholduptoscrutinyandcannotbe
    takenatfacevalue,theICTpresident,MatteoMecacci,saidlastyear.

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