China also puts the border on Everest. Imperialism or fear of Covid
China has established a "dividing line" at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent mountaineers from the Nepal side from mingling with mountaineers from the Tibetan side, Reuters reports. The decision comes as Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side struggles with a persistent COVID-19 outbreak since April.
To do this, China is sending an expedition of climbers to physically install the border line, although it is unclear how they intend to enforce the border.
Hungry for tourist revenues, the Nepalese government has refused to impose limits on tourists and climbers who come in droves to visit the legendary mountain and this troubled Beijing also due to the explosion of Covid-19 variants in neighboring India and Nepal.
As Reuters pointed out, it is unclear how Beijing intends to enforce the border line in one of the most inhospitable environments for humans: the area surrounding the summit of Everest. The vertex itself is roughly the size of a dining table.
As mentioned, Tibetan special mountaineers, including 21 Chinese nationals, will set the border line, but it is not clear whether these will remain above 7000 meters, in the so-called "Death Zone" to enforce it. Since the beginning of Covid-19, China has not allowed any climbers to climb the mountain from the Tibet side. At the same time, the move places stakes in a highly disputed area between Beijing and its neighbors: we remember the clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Himalayas which also led to numerous deaths in 2020. At the same time, Covid-19 is expanding to Burma, an area bordering China, and maintaining segregation will be a very difficult mission for Beijing.
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