What a US-China reset means for Nepal

Kathmandu should utilise any geopolitical breathing space created by a reset in major-power relations.

US President Donald Trump’s visit to China—amid tensions in West Asia, growing friction over Taiwan and an ongoing trade and technology war between Washington and Beijing—raises an important question: Are we witnessing a strategic reset for a multilateral global order, or merely another phase of transactional diplomacy? More importantly, what does this shifting dynamic mean for China-India relations, and consequently for Nepal?