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World Tibet Network News Published by the Canada Tibet Committee Thursday, April 8, 2004

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6. China to construct highway from Nepal to Tibet

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Press Trust of India
April 07, 2004

A Chinese team is currently in Nepal to conduct an
extensive study and design of a highway that will
connect Kathmandu with China's Tibet Autonomous
Region.

The proposed highway, which is to be located in Rasuwa
district, some 100km north of Kathmandu, will be 22km
long and will link the Kathmandu-Syabrubesi road with
a highway in Ji Long county in the Tibet Autonomous
Region.

When completed, it will be the second important road
link between the Himalayan kingdom and China. "It will
help improve the local transportation conditions and
accelerate economic development in Nepal," Xinhua news
agency reported in Beijing. "It will also strengthen
friendly exchanges, trade, tourism and mutual
cooperation between the two neighbouring countries."

Funded by the Chinese government, the project was
formally approved during then Chinese premier Zhu
Rongji's visit to Nepal in May 2001.

The 19-member study team from the China Tibet
Communications, Highway Survey and Design Institute
arrived in Kathmandu on April 1 to start the
three-month study and design of the highway project.

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Articles in this Issue:

1. Situation in Tibet yet to improve
2. A Buddhist practices tough prostration for world peace
3. Graduate student arrested during ambassador's speech
4. TYC led Indefinite Hunger Strike Update..
5. Chinese ambassador visit sparks protests
6. China to construct highway from Nepal to Tibet
7. Protest march by Tibetan body
8. Hundreds Rally on Behalf of Tibetan Tenzin Delek at UN Human Rights Commission
9. Two foreigners arrested for staying without documents

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