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Projection of China and India in the Nepalese media

Brief background of Nepal: -


Nepal is the world’s 45th biggest country in the world with the
population of three crore. The country’s total area is almost
equal to that of Bangladesh and double of Sri Lanka. The
country takes its pride in its history of Never having been
colonised despite having significant geo strategic location
bordering China in the north and India in the south.

Nepal has four type of geography viz. mountain and hill


bordering to China in the north and foothills and terai/
madhesh in the south bordering to India.
Political system: -
It follows Federal Democratic System (2015). Head of the
state is President and head of the Government is Prime
Minister.
Language: - Nepali is the national and official language.
Religion: - 81% Hindu, 9% Buddhist, 4.4% Muslim, Christian
1.4% and rest are Kirat having traditional belief. Despite
having 90% of Om Sampradaya (Hindu & Buddhist), Nepal
declared as secular country (2015).
Major political parties: - Nepali Congress ( NC – traditionally
democratic and pro-India), Communist Party of Nepal
( Unified Marxist & Leninist – CPN- UML – liberal democratic
having inclination towards China), Communist Party of Nepal
( CPN- Maoist Centre- Believe in Mao Zedong ideology) and
Janata Samajbadi Party ( JSPN- led by Upendra Yadav -
Madhesh based political party having inclination towards
China).

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