A government inquiry into a new $216M international airport in Nepal’s second-biggest city Pokhara found that “irregularities and corruption” by officials and lawmakers had allowed 
China CAMC Engineering — the construction arm of state-owned conglomerate Sinomach — to ignore its obligations and charge for work it never completed.
A parliamentary committee’s investigation into the airport in Pokhara found that China CAMC Engineering had failed to pay taxes, had not finished the project to specification and had used poor-quality construction, all because of corruption and a lack of oversight.
nytimes.com/2025/04/18/bus
China CAMC Engineering — the construction arm of state-owned conglomerate Sinomach — to ignore its obligations and charge for work it never completed.
A parliamentary committee’s investigation into the airport in Pokhara found that China CAMC Engineering had failed to pay taxes, had not finished the project to specification and had used poor-quality construction, all because of corruption and a lack of oversight.
nytimes.com/2025/04/18/bus
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Aug 22: Nepal’s one-month-old government, led by the country’s largest communist party, which has close ties to Beijing, formally asked China to convert a $216M loan for the Pokhara International Airport into a grant, wiping away the debt. It made the request during a visit by a
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