As Tibet Burns, Exiles in Nepal Feel the Heat

As Tibet Burns, Exiles in Nepal Feel the Heat

KATMANDU, Nepal -- The founder of modern Nepal, King Prithvi Narayan Shah, famously described the country as "a yam between two boulders" -- China and India.

Now, as the biggest protests in 20 years unfold in the Chinese-controlled Tibetan Autonomous Region, China appears to be leaning on Nepal to quash protests in Katmandu and to clear Everest during the Olympic torch rally in May.

Nepal is home to at least 20,000 Tibetan refugees and each year a further 2,000-3,000 Tibetans make the dangerous journey across the Himalayas to Nepal, en route to the home-in-exile of the Dalai Lama in Dharamasala, India.

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