Nepal Investigating University After CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s Books Are Burned

Faculty members linked the burning to a lack of storage space, but after a video of the incident went viral, Beijing demanded actions from Nepalese authorities.
Nepal Investigating University After CCP Leader Xi Jinping’s Books Are Burned
A bookstore displays books written by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 24, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Nepalese authorities have launched a formal investigation into the burning of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s books at a campus in Nepal’s western region of Morang, an act that angered the communist regime in Beijing.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on March 17 that it had instructed local security agencies and the district administration office in Morang to probe the incident, citing concerns about potential implications for Nepal-China relations, according to the Rising Nepal, an English-language newspaper owned by the Nepalese government.