5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Pacific Time)
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ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

In recent years, China's influence in South Asia has been predicated on the decline of traditional Indian interests in the region. Such an understanding ignores Beijing's vital interests in smaller countries in South Asia such as Nepal, with whom it shares a 1,400km long Himalayan border. 
Inside Nepal, China seeks to influence the political elite, particularly those from the Communist parties, which in turn sees China as a political and economic alternative to India's historical influence. Such a relationship is marked by aid, infrastructure development, and soft power diplomacy. But China's expanding diplomacy in Nepal also stems from its anxieties over the presence of Tibetan exiles in the country, and the fears of dissent resulting from a porous Himalayan border. In the Himalayan borderlands, whose residents are ethnically Tibetan, China presents a hard power outlook marked by unilateral border controls, fences, and restrictions over mobility. 
This presentation will discuss a) China's expanding political and economic influence inside Nepal since 2008; and b) its outlook towards the Himalayan borderlands. Between both, this presentation will present a nuanced outlook of China's contemporary presence, influence and ambitions inside the country. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Amish Raj Mulmi is the author of All Roads Lead North: China, Nepal & the Contest for the Himalayas (Oxford University Press US/Hurst UK/Context India). His writings have appeared in History Today, Al Jazeera, Engelsberg Ideas, Hindustan Times, The Third Pole, Roads and Kingdoms, The Kathmandu Post, among other publications. He has also written for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Observer Research Foundation, and Centre for Social and Economic Progress. 
He is a consulting editor at Writer’s Side Literary Agency and a contributing editor at Himal Southasian.

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Sponsor(s): Center for India and South Asia, Asia Pacific Center, This event is sponsored by Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History, Department of History, UCLA