KATHMANDU -- There are widening divisions in the leadership of Nepal's ruling party over a U.S. promise of aid that rivals of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli worry will damage the country's blossoming relations with China.
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A major U.S. grant agreed in 2017 for Nepali infrastructure has become a political football because of concerns about its possible effect on relations with China. (Nikkei Montage/Source photo by AP)
KATHMANDU -- There are widening divisions in the leadership of Nepal's ruling party over a U.S. promise of aid that rivals of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli worry will damage the country's blossoming relations with China.