It is a good thing. So many Chinese tourists go to Nepal, and students can learn and do business with China, it will boost Nepal economy greatly. Nepals are going to Middle East for jobs now, because English is what they learn. English is mandatory in Chinese public and private school for ages.
Learning to speak mandarin is not difficult and arguably the grammar is simpler than in English. Learning to read and write is difficult because of the quantity but characters are highly structured. It's interesting and I don't see what there should be any "resistance" from the students.
Nepal has a border with China, it does seem like a good idea to teach Chinese in schools. Like it makes sense for China to promote this.
The state of the media when this anecdote from a remote country makes headlines all over the place... With the usual suggestions of sinister motives.
This is a flamebait comment, frankly, and unsubstantive comments are banned on HN.
Nepal has never been under Chinese rule and has never been claimed by China. Tibet was part of the Chinese empire before breaking away with the very interested help of the Brits, who did try to invade Nepal as well.
