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China has opened flood-hit Gyirong County in Tibet to select foreign journalists after the August 26 border disaster. The visit underlines the scale of destruction and growing alarm over ...
News China » Tibet » Events: What Triggered the Devastating Floods in Nepal and Tibet, and Are We Due for More in the Future? Here’s What Scientists Know So Far
Natural hazards researchers suspect that a landslide involving a glacier triggered the event, and they say more could happen because of human-caused climate change ...
News China » Tibet » Events: Nepal-Tibet floods: What happened, what caused them and who is missing?
At least 160 killed after a Himalayan glacier collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border.
News China » Tibet » Events: Chinese experts link deadly Tibet-Nepal flood to climate change; hydropower projects face scrutiny
Lhasa (Tibet), Sept 8 (PTI) The massive flash flood that struck the Tibet-Nepal border on August 26 has put China's numerous hydropower projects in the region, including the mega dam on the ...
News China » Tibet » Events: Satellite images show destruction from Nepal-Tibet floods
A glacier collapse high in the Himalayas on Wednesday triggered catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border.
News China » Tibet » Events: Punishment and Silence: China Pulls Out the Disaster Playbook in Tibet
While journalists can report freely on grief and anger in Nepal, China’s official media have presented a sanitized disaster aftermath in Tibet.
News China » Tibet » Events: After Himalayan floods, China enforces strict information controls on Tibet
Since the disaster on August 26, coverage of news from the region – highly sensitive for Chinese authorities – has been limited to information released by Beijing, which focuses on rescue operations.
News China » Tibet » Events: Why the Floods Took a Well-Prepared China by Surprise
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.
News China » Tibet » Events: China restricts religious debate event for Tibetan monks
Chinese government authorities in a Tibetan-populated county of Sichuan province have shortened the duration of a key weeklong debate on Buddhist philosophy and reduced the number of monks who could ...
News China » Tibet » Events: China’s Occupation Of Tibet Is Not Just Illegal: It’s An Environmental And Security Catastrophe In The Making – OpEd
As 7 October marks seventy-five years since China’s invasion of Tibet, the consequences of that act of aggression continue to unfold across Asia. What began in 1950 as Mao Zedong’s military conquest ...