Controversy in Nepal over defence purchases from China https://ift.tt/yzDTauw

Ahead of the Nepalese Prime Minister's India visit this week a controversy has erupted in Nepal over its army's plans to procure 26 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from China's North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco), a state-owned company that has been blacklisted by the United States and was allegedly involved in supplying arms to insurgents in the northeast in the past.