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Online Posts Show Families’ Grief for Flood Victims on Tibet’s Side of China-Nepal Border

8 septembre 2026 à 00:00
The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.

© Pool photo by Tingshu Wang

Rescue workers at Gyirong Port in Tibet on Sunday, during a state-guided tour for foreign reporters. Chinese officials have said that their release of information has been transparent and timely.

China Censors and Punishes to Shape Narrative on Floods in Tibet, a Contrast to Nepal

1 septembre 2026 à 06:44
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.

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A broadcast in Beijing last week showing state media coverage of the flood aftermath in Tibet.

China Prepared for One Kind of Himalayan Flood. Then a Different Disaster Struck.

31 août 2026 à 05:18
After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defenses at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s “cascade of hazards” overwhelmed them.

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Searching for missing people along a road leading toward Gyirong Port in China on Sunday. On Wednesday a tsunami-like wave of ice, boulders and water tore through the port complex.

China’s Information Control Could Hamper Flood Rescue Efforts in Tibet

Par : Lily Kuo
27 août 2026 à 04:30
Videos of the disaster, which tore through the border area between Tibet and Nepal, have been removed from social media by China’s censors.

© Xinhua, via Associated Press

In a photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a muddy river bank with debris was seen near Gyirong Port in southwestern China’s Tibetan Autonomous Region on Wednesday.
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