China annexed 150 hectares of Nepal, says report; Beijing rejects charge

Reacting to the news report, Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "I want to point out that the report is a completely unfounded rumour".

China has annexed over 150 hectares of Nepal's territory, according to a leading British daily whose report was rejected by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday as a “completely unfounded rumour”.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin's remarks came after The Telegraph quoting Nepalese politicians reported that China has annexed more than 150 hectares of land in five areas near the border, including by diverting the flow of a river to claim the previously submerged land.

Reacting to the news report, Wang said: “I want to point out that the report is a completely unfounded rumour”.

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