Nepali Times

You get a free T Rex with every pack of chicken mcnugget bought on a London street, the plastic dinosaurs are made in China. Plug-in adapters for Taiwanese laptops bought in Singapore are made in China. Plastic water guns on the shelf of a New York Toys R Us: Made in China.

"...I still havent decided whether I was watching a story of immense human dignity and the common ground that unites diverse cultures, or a tale of Westerners dancing among the exotic of the mystic east, the New Orientalists."

A new law may undo the success of community forestry in Nepal.

The constituent assembly could still create problems and the party-rebel accord leaves out a warring side