China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border
Chinese authorities are censoring videos of deadly flash floods occurring on the Nepal-Tibet border. While international footage shows the scale of the disaster, state media has limited coverage to rescue efforts, omitting the floods themselves.
Why it matters
The censorship highlights the strict control of information in Tibet and the challenges of reporting on humanitarian crises in sensitive geopolitical regions.
China censors videos showing deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border Close Dramatic footage showing flash floods tearing through the main border crossing between Nepal and Tibet has been widely shared around the world.
But the footage has become almost impossible to find on China's heavily censored internet service, with only a single image broadcast by state media.
Hundreds of people are feared dead, and thousands remain missing as a major rescue operation continues into the weekend.
On Saturday, Chinese state media shared videos of rescue teams searching through mud and debris, but there has been little footage of the floods themselves, or accounts from survivors or anxious families.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in