BEIJING: A railway between China and Nepal that could include a tunnel under Mount Everest is under consideration, Chinese state media said, as Beijing builds links with a country India regards as firmly within its sphere of influence.
The Qinghai-Tibet railway already links the rest of China with the Tibetan capital Lhasa and beyond, and an extension running as far as the international border is already being planned “at Nepal’s request”, the China Daily newspaper reported, quoting an expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.