China, Nepal and Flood
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The deadly flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in the Tibet region of China,
The lake, located north of Nepal’s Langtang Himal range in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, emptied rapidly, triggering a flash flood that wreaked havoc in the Rasuwa district near the Nepal-China border.
As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already thwarted efforts to erase Tibet’s identity.
Some of the stranded pilgrims HT spoke to said the collapsed Miteri Bridge was effectively their only route back to Kathmandu, as flight operators were charging over ₹3.6 lakh per person for taking an alternative route via Lhasa.
But Tibetan activists say their people’s peaceful existence here is being disturbed because of China’s growing influence in Nepal. Nepali-born Tibetan Sonam Choden has lived in Nepal her whole ...
Twenty-three Indian pilgrims are stranded in Tibet's Gyirong county after a bridge collapse, caused by a landslide-triggered flood, cut off their return route to Nepal.
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India Today NE on MSN18 missing, hydropower projects hit as massive flood wreaks havoc along Nepal-Tibet borderA powerful flood in the Lhendekhola river on July 8 swept away people, infrastructure, and energy assets in Nepal's Rasuwa district. Among the missing are 12 Nepali and 6 Chinese nationals, while major hydropower plants have been rendered inoperable.
The Musée Guimet, a Paris museum known for its rich collection of Asian art, is facing a lawsuit from several groups who accused the institution of trying to “erase the existence of Tibet.”