China has yet to officially react to the fall of Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, regarded as its steadfast ally and the prevailing violent student movement against the political class of Nepal. Oli downfall followed days after his high-profile visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. China’s state-run Xinhua news agency carried a brief report of Oli’s resignation and news of protests breaking out in Nepal on Monday in Kathmandu and other parts of the country. Oli is the second leader of a South Asian country after former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to quit amid a riotous situation after their visits to China.