International relationsNepal warms to India on territory spat, cools to China
Nepali textbook with contentious map dropped amid talk of Chinese incursion
Vital relationship -- Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, left, was welcomed to India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February 2016. © Reuters
DEEPAK ADHIKARI, Contributing writer
October 5, 2020 17:33 JST
KATHMANDU -- More than four months into an acrimonious territorial dispute with India, Nepal's communist government has taken a more conciliatory approach to its powerful neighbor by withdrawing an inflammatory school book that includes a contentious map of a border area the two countries dispute.