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Footage of Tibet floods isn't being shown in China - and we know little about victims there

Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

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Some of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China. The dramatic footage was almost impossible to miss. A torrent of water tearing through Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away all in its path as hundreds of people fled for their lives. It has also been difficult to find the video on China's heavily censored internet. It is just as hard to even find posts describing the flash flooding that has claimed hundreds of lives, with just as many still unaccounted for since Wednesday. Beijing has launched a massive rescue operation involving hundreds of emergency workers, which is continuing, and President Xi Jinping chaired an emergency meeting with officials to co-ordinate efforts. But when you compare the country's internet content to what much of the world has been seeing online these past few days, China's firewall becomes more visible than ever. Tibet, which Beijing annexed in the 1950s, had long resisted rule by the Chinese Communist Party. That history means the very name Tibet draws China's censors.

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From the storySome of the most dramatic footage from the deadly flash flooding is hidden from public view in China.

was almost impossible to missCollocation

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From the storyThe dramatic footage was almost impossible to miss.

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From the storyA torrent of water tearing through Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away all in its path as hundreds of people fled for their lives.

tearing through Gyirong PortCollocation

ท่าเรือจิโรง.

From the storyA torrent of water tearing through Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away all in its path as hundreds of people fled for their lives.

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การล้างทุกอย่างในตัวของมัน.

From the storyA torrent of water tearing through Gyirong Port, one of the main border crossings between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away all in its path as hundreds of people fled for their lives.

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