Prachanda's recent outreach to China is his latest attempt to balance ties with both Nepal's neighbors.

With the pro-India Nepali Congress out of the ruling coalition, and the China-friendly CPN-UML back in, Nepal's diplomacy looks set to change. Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s September visit to China ...

The other troubling issue was 'the first where - China or India' visit of Oli. Traditionally barring two exceptions - Prime Ministers Tanka Prasad Acharya and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda ...

As a leader of the Maoist movement in Nepal, and of the Communist Party, Prachanda was originally seen as close to China- in 2008, he broke with tradition and made his first trip abroad to Beijing.