[Translation] Chinese journalist's observations at the Nepal-China border

Original article reported by Reference news (参考消息), Author: Li Hua, Lu Xing, Wei Guanyu published in 2024-04-04

Figure: Low-altitude tourism network system in Tibet Autonomous Region. **first icon: service center, second icon: gather-disperse base, third icon: East-West corridor, fourth icon: North-South corridor** (This image is not related to this post.) Click here for the source.

Title: China’s border trade boom is returning - Our reporter visits the border crossings between China and Nepal

Tibet is an important channel for China to open up to South Asia. Shigatse City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, which borders India, Nepal, and Bhutan—five of Tibet’s six land treaty ports are located here—is the place where Tibet implemented reform and opening up earlier, and it is also the most active place in Tibet’s foreign trade and open to South Asia. the forefront area.

In late March, the reporter drove more than 2,000 km from Lhasa, passing through cliffs, snow-capped mountains, meadows, and dunes reaching Zhangmu Port in Nyalam County, Shigatse City, Kerung Port in Kerung County, and Lizi Port in Z…