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Nepal’s official document shows Chinese encroachment in seven districts
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Nepal’s official document shows Chinese encroachment in seven districts

A document released by the Survey Department of the Ministry of Agriculture in Nepal has showed that by 2017, China had already encroached 36 hectares of the country’s territory at 10 places along the northern border.“China is expanding its road network in the Tibet Autonomous Region because of which some rivers and its tributaries have changed their course and are flowing towards Nepal. If this continues, hundreds of hectares of our land could go to TAR,” states the document released in 2017.The document adds that Nepal has lost 10 hectares in Humla district to China, six hectares in Rasuwa, 11 hectares in Sindhupalchowk and nine hectares in Sankhuwasabha (100 hectares = 1 square km).“China may set up border observation posts with armed police personnel in those territories”, states the a