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China strictly controls information after floods on the border with Nepal.

China strictly controls information after floods on the border with Nepal.

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September 5th, 2026

China strictly controls information after floods on the border with Nepal.

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It has been over a week since the deadly flash floods on the China-Nepal border.

中尼边境发生致命山洪已经超过一周

The disaster has killed more than a thousand people in both countries, and over 4,500 are missing.

这场灾害造成两国超过一千人死亡超过4500人失踪

Information about the victims on the Chinese side has hardly been made public.

中方一侧遇难者信息几乎没有公开

Officials update the death count only every few days.

官方每隔几天才更新一次死亡人数

Only national official media are allowed to enter the disaster area.

进入灾区只允许国家级官方媒体进入。

These media avoid showing the names or faces of the missing people and their relatives.

这些媒体避免播出失踪者及其亲属姓名或面孔

At the same time, at least 10 people across China have been held or fined. They were punished for questioning the official story on social media.

与此同时中国各地至少10人因为在社交媒体上质疑官方说法被拘留或罚款

This is very different from the situation on the Nepali side.

尼泊尔一侧的情况形成鲜明对比。

Nepali officials regularly update the lists of the dead and missing.

尼泊尔官员定期更新死者失踪者名单

Journalists and social media posts have recorded the disaster and rescue efforts.

记者社交媒体帖子记录了灾害救援过程

Grieving families can appear in public.

悲痛的家庭可以公开露面

After updating data on Sunday, China did not release new numbers until Wednesday.

中国在周日更新数据后直到周三才发布新数字

At that time, it said 21 people were dead and 541 were missing in Tibet.

当时西藏有21人死亡541人失踪

Late on Friday, China raised the death toll to 31 people.

周五晚些时候中国将死亡人数提高到31人

China said 531 people were still unaccounted for.

中国表示仍有531人下落不明

The Nepalese government, on the other hand, kept sharing rescue updates.

尼泊尔政府持续公布救援情况

Nepal set up a website listing rescued people and let local and foreign reporters cover the events.

尼泊尔建立了网站列出获救者名单并允许国内外记者前往报道

In the disaster area in China, apart from a few reporters from Xinhua and CCTV, other journalists had almost no chance to enter.

在中国的灾区除新华社和中央电视台的少数记者外其他记者几乎没有机会进入

Communications in Tibet were closely monitored.

西藏通讯受到严密监控

All foreigners need special government permission to go to Tibet.

所有外国人前往西藏需要政府特别许可

According to Human Rights Watch, some Chinese reporters were told not to interview families. They were told not to interview the dead and missing.

据人权观察称一些中国记者收到指示不得采访死者和失踪者家属。

They could only use material from Xinhua.

他们只能使用新华社的材料

Official media widely spread a report from Tibet's internet police.

官方媒体广泛传播西藏网警的报告

The report mentioned punishments for 10 cases of people who "spread rumors" online.

报告提到对10起在网络上散布谣言进行了处罚

The punishments ranged from 5 to 10 days in detention.

处罚从拘留5天到10天不等

A few relatives of the missing spoke out through channels like "Dadi," an independent Chinese media based overseas.

少数失踪者亲属通过流亡海外的独立中文媒体“大地”等渠道公开发声

One of them was Peng Guangming. He was a young man who worked on a Chinese road project on the Nepal side.

其中包括在尼泊尔一侧中资公路项目工作的年轻彭光明

There was also a missing woman, He Hongrong. Her family hoped to find her by sharing photos on X.

还有失踪女性何红荣她的家人希望通过在X上分享照片找到她的下落

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