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Tibet

Tibet
Tibet
A plateau region north-east of the Himalayas, Tibet was incorporated by China in 1950 and currently an autonomous region within China. The conflict between many Tibetans and Chinese government has been nonstop as many demand religious freedom and more human rights.
A relative grieves during a prayer meet held for missing flash flood victims in Nepal
2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Video | Funerals and DNA tests in Nepal a week after disaster

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah has linked the catastrophe to climate change, urging global action.

Accidents and disasters in China

Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Letters | China-Nepal floods: engineering fixes are only a band-aid

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Video | Research shows China-Nepal floods impossible to outrun

First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when the flash flood struck a border crossing in Tibet.

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China-Nepal floods: first research shows no one could have outrun debris flow

First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when it struck a border crossing in Tibet.

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Commodities

China discovers major copper and gold deposit in Anhui province

Ministry of Natural Resources says Chating deposit could contain more than 1 million tonnes of copper and 200 tonnes of gold.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Glacier risk hangs over China-Nepal border as region remembers mudslide victims

Emergency crews and residents stop to commemorate the more than 1,000 dead in last week’s disaster.

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Rescue workers stop to remember the victims of the August 26 mudslide, in Gyirong county, Shigatse, on Tuesday. Photo: via Reuters
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong tycoon empires, foundations vow 30m yuan for China-Nepal flood relief

Li Ka-shing and business empire, along with Henderson Land Development and Lee Shau Kee Foundation provide help after Nepal-Tibet disaster.

Nepal

Nepal floods: meet the principal whose quick thinking saved 900 students

More than 4,400 remain missing in Nepal and China after the devastating flash floods, unleashed after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas.

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Video | Nepal rescue efforts focused on hydropower tunnels

Nepal rescue efforts focused on hydropower tunnels.

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Video | Nepal digs mass graves for unidentified flood victims

Authorities have dug hundreds of graves in Chitwan’s Devghat forest, nearly 200km (124 miles) from the flood-ravaged valleys of Rasuwa, where the disaster struck last Wednesday.

Armed Police Force (APF) officers work on transporting bodies to the pit at Devghat mass burial site for victims of deadly flash floods and mudslides in Chitwan, Nepal, August 30, 2026.
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Nepal

Nepal floods: could foreign rescue teams have been brought in earlier?

In the immediate aftermath of the floods, the government refused overseas help, only to reverse its decision days later.

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Opinion | Why Nepal-China floods are more than a natural disaster

While the solidarity on display in the wake of the disaster is commendable, the tragedy must not be viewed as an unpredictable, unpreventable act of nature.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted

Nepalese and Indians account for more than half of nationals from 23 countries missing after devastating glacier collapse four days ago.

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Chinese rescue teams search the Gyirong border crossing that was destroyed in Wednesday’s floods and mudslides. Photo: Xinhua
Accidents and disasters in China

China-Nepal floods: police officer filmed guiding people away from border post

Footage from Gyirong Port in Tibet shows how Huang Peng tried to guide civilians to safety moments before the crossing was destroyed.

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The officer has been identified as Huang Peng. Photo: CCTV
Hong Kong society

China-Nepal floods: Hong Kong groups to aid victims as government pledges HK$50m

City’s Nepalese community and other charities step up fundraising efforts, while Chief Executive John Lee vows swift processing of relief funds.

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Nepal

US families hold out hope for relatives lost in Nepal floods

About 90 Americans are among those unaccounted for, according to the US State Department.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China sends 9 tunnel experts to Nepal as flood rescuers race against time

Move follows direct request from Kathmandu, Beijing says, as more than 100 people remain trapped inside multiple hydropower tunnels in Nepal.

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Search and rescue operations are carried out near the destroyed Gyirong Port, Tibet, on August 29. Photo: AFP
Climate change

Editorial | China-Nepal border flash flood must galvanise climate change cooperation

While relief and rescue operations are the first priority, the tragedy should not only spark attention to early warning systems but also to longer-term solutions.

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Belt and Road Initiative

In Focus | Can Beijing’s gateway plan for Tibet survive geopolitics and natural disasters?

Beijing hopes trade will stabilise Tibet, but friction with India and the looming Dalai Lama succession are hampering its efforts.

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Nepal

China-Nepal floods: rescuers pull out survivors caked in mud as toll climbs

Nepal has reversed an earlier decision and says it will allow foreign teams and experts to help with rescue efforts.

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Rescuers transport an elderly woman rescued from a Devighat old age home following a flash flood in Trishuli Bazar, Nuwakot district, Nepal. Photo: EPA
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How the Nepal flash flood unleashed a wave of anti-China misinformation

Scientists still don’t know what caused the glacier collapse but that hasn’t stopped a torrent of claims about Chinese construction.

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Satellite analysis indicates that the disaster started with a glacier collapse in Nepal. Photo: dpa
Accidents and disasters in China

Could the China-Nepal disaster spur a safety rethink for a flagship rail project?

Gyirong in Tibet is the start of a planned train line to Kathmandu and in an area prone to dangerous glacial lake floods.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese rescuers reach checkpoint destroyed by deadly floods along Nepal border

Footage taken at Gyirong Port in Tibet shows scenes of utter devastation following disaster that killed hundreds of people.

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Nepal

Video | Race against time to save Nepal flash flood victims trapped in tunnel

Around 100 workers at a Chinese-funded hydropower project remain trapped in a tunnel.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China-Nepal floods: debris lake the size of 1,000 Olympic pools in breach danger

Nearly 500 confirmed dead as frantic hunt for survivors continues and barrier lake threatens to overflow.

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A barrier lake has formed after the debris flow from Wednesday’s mudslide in Nepal blocked a river upstream from Gyirong Port on the Chinese side of the border. Photo: Xinhua
Science

China, Nepal built an early warning system for melting glaciers. Does it work?

Wednesday’s deadly ice-rock avalanche on high-altitude Tibet border highlights glacial instability in region vulnerable to climate change.

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Accidents and disasters in China

Himalayan glacier collapse hits China-Nepal trade route as casualties mount

Tragedy at Gyirong hub lays bare climate risks along fragile mountain corridor.

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