China: Lost in translation? | Idea of Nepal with Aneka Rajbhandari
Biswas Baral interviews Aneka Rececca Rajbhandari, co-founder of The Araniko Project, in this episode of ‘Idea of Nepal’ show brought to you by The Kathmandu Post.
The Araniko Project, which is also a popular blog, aims to uncover the past and present of the Nepal-China relations by using primary sources in Mandarin.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, Rajbhandari, who has lived in Beijing for six years, has a master’s degree in Chinese politics from Renmin University of China.
In this conversation, she talks about Chinese historiography on Nepal, the nuances of Mandarin-to-English translation, Nepal-China ties and the importance of understanding Chinese language in order to understand the country.
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