Kathmandu, May 16 -- Two controversial incidents in the past week have once again stoked discussion about the One-China policy, Nepal's stated position on its northern neighbour, and why this gets violated repeatedly.

On Sunday, March 12, the Post reported how three journalists working for the Rastriya Samachar Samiti, the national news agency, were under investigation by the government for circulating a news report about the Dalai Lama's health. Again, on Monday, March 13, two Members of Parliament were discovered to have attended an event in Latvia organised around the Tibet and the International Network of Parliamentarians on Tibet, prompting an investigation by the Parliament Secretariat.

Both these instances have been a cause for c...