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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.
Houses buried in mud after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district in August. The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris from a glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border has left more than 5,650 missing. Photo: AFP
Nepal

Young Nepalis battle climate dread in wake of flood disaster

After August’s glacier collapse killed more than 1,400 people, young Nepalis are demanding justice, not just sympathy.

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Rare earths

Chinese miners partner to tap Tibet gold, copper in latest resource push

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Opinion | What the China-Nepal floods teach us about crisis communication

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India

Himalayan ‘glacier bankruptcy’ threatens water security for 2 billion in Asia

Glacier mass loss is causing the region to approach ‘peak water’, the point when river flows stop rising and start declining.

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A hydropower project in northern India is damaged after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier breaks off on February 7, 2021. Photo: AP
China-India relations

Xi tells Modi of China and India’s ‘responsibilities’ as Global South powers

Leaders meet on sidelines of Brics summit in New Delhi; Indian statement says they reaffirmed that ‘differences should not become disputes’.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Nepalis gather for prayers on 13th day of flood mourning

At community hall in Yau Ma Tei, attendees light candles, lay flowers, and leave messages of condolence to honour the dead.

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2026 China-Nepal flash floods

Video | Foreign media allowed in China’s Gyirong Port for first time since disaster

993 pieces of personal belongings have been recovered by Chinese authorities following the Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse, which unleashed a flow of ice, water, rocks and mud that travelled 22km (14 miles) in 7 minutes.

993 pieces of personal belongings have been recovered by Chinese authorities following the Nepal-Tibet glacier collapse, which unleashed a flow of ice, water, rocks and mud that travelled 22km (14 miles) in 7 minutes
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Science

World’s most powerful lightning-chasing satellite joins China-Nepal flood relief

The Fengyun-4C’s storm-tracking abilities could provide vital early warnings about extreme weather events during the rescue operation.

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Singapore

Singapore probes ‘nasty’ racism over China-Nepal flood, Air India investment

Minister K Shanmugam has asked police to look at an ‘online mob’ after various comments, including missing Singaporeans being ‘not our own’.

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Nepal

Asian Angle | After Nepal-Tibet floods, recovery depends on grass-roots solidarity

Rebuilding devastated border villages means backing local support networks long after foreign aid money disappears.

Soldiers shovel mud away from a school that was swamped by the flood in Baireni Bazar, Nepal. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong

‘I cannot sleep’: Hong Kong Nepalese man searches for cousin missing in flood

Y.B. Gurung said he last spoke with his cousin shortly before massive glacial collapse and was asking Chinese embassy for help.

Victims of the disaster are mourned at the Non-Resident Nepalese Association office in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Silvia Siu
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

Experts find downstream erosion is critical to scale of destruction as death toll continues to rise from China-Nepal landslide and floods.

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

Readers discuss the best long-term defence against Himalayan disasters, the Iran war, and the Ukraine war.

A torrent of muddy water surges past houses and through the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods, near the Nepal-China border at Syabrubesi village in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 31. Photo: AFP
Nepal

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.

Research shows no one could have outrun the floods
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Science

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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Nepal

Video | Nepal rescue efforts focused on hydropower tunnels

Nepal rescue efforts focused on hydropower tunnels.

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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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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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