Nepalese Journalists Pushed to Avoid Reporting on China, Tibet
Published on: Saturday 29 June 2019
Government officials in Nepal are pushing journalists to avoid critical reporting on China, one of the nation’s largest investors as part of Beijing’s One Belt, One Road project, a Nepalese journalist told VOA.
Anil Giri, foreign affairs correspondent for the Kathmandu Post, said journalists are discouraged from covering Tibetan affairs to mollify China and that government officials shy away from commenting on China-related issues.
China sponsors junkets for Nepalese journalists and “that’s why probably we don’t see lots of criticism about China’s growing investment in Nepal, Chinese doing
News source: https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/nepalese-journalists-pushed-avoid-reporting-china-tibet
