China on Monday dismissed claims linking its massive hydropower projects in Tibet to the August 26 flash flood disaster in Nepal, calling them “malicious speculation”. “We noted that experts and official institutions of China and Nepal have made some...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 31: Video footage capturing the terrifying moments when people fled a rapidly advancing wall of mud and debris at the Kyirong Port in occupied Tibet has reportedly been removed from Chinese social-media platforms, fuelling concerns...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’26) – As devotees gathered to make a long-life prayer offering to him on the Shewatsel Teaching Ground in Ladakh’a capital Leh on Aug 30, the Dalai Lama invited the gathering to offer prayers for the victims of...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’26) – China’s portrayal of Tibet as a world‑class clean‑energy frontier, with rapid building of hydropower, solar, wind, and ultra‑high‑voltage (UHV) transmission lines across the plateau also provides it a solid web of dual‑use infrastructure that can buttress...

Over 4,000 people remain missing after deadly floods swept through Nepal and Tibet, leaving families in despair.

The disaster exposed a stark contrast: open reporting is emerging from Nepal, while information from Tibet remains almost entirely dependent on China’s tightly controlled state media.

Nepal has begun temporarily burying unidentified flood victims as prolonged exposure to water and decomposition make identification increasingly difficult. So far, 903 bodies have been recovered, while 4,200 people remain unaccounted for, the government said on Monday. Medical teams...

Click to expand Image Rescue workers use drones to deliver supplies at Gyirong Port in the Xizang Autonomous Region, China, August 28, 2026. © 2026 Gongga Laisong/China News Service/VCG via AP Photo As people in Nepal and across the...

Three months before the flash flood ravaged the country, Nepali officials have said that China had rejected their requests for glacier risk and water level data. Following the devastation from the flood in Nepal and Tibet, China's opacity in...

A 2025 study identified 55 unstable glacial lakes near Gyirong and urged urgent risk assessments—but the warnings went largely unheeded.