The Nepal Glacier Disaster Exposes China's Himalayan Strategy | Political Scientist

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“China will essentially seek to show its bona fides, its credentials in the region, by saying that it will put out the equipment and the expertise needed to actually rebuild that means of communication.” China is rushing specialised engineering crews to rebuild destroyed infrastructure, using disaster response to solidify economic dominance over Nepal and suppress Tibetan independence activism, says historian and political scientist, Rana Mitter. Rana Mitter was speaking to Darryl Morris on Times Radio. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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