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Nepal police fire tear gas to disperse pro-Beijing protest over US$500m aid grant from the US | South China Morning Post

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Nepal police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on February 20, 2022, as hundreds protested against a $500 million US aid grant. The money is being provided by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) under an agreement the organisation signed with the Nepali government in 2017. The grant will be used to build a…

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