China impone la ley del silencio en Tíbet tras la catástrofe del Himalaya
La geografía extrema, el bloqueo de las comunicaciones y la ausencia de testimonios dificultan reconstruir lo ocurrido en el lado tibetano de la frontera
Four days after the catastrophic flood in Gyirong (transcribed Tibetan as Kyirong), China has released, for the first time, a breakdown of the nationalities of the missing persons in Tibet. Out of the 546 individuals still unaccounted for, 261 are foreigners from 23 countries. Among them is one Spanish citizen. State news agency Xinhua has also raised the death toll from seven to 16 on Sunday morning.
In Nepal, the origin of the ice detachment that triggered the disaster, there are over 670 dead and 2,400 missing. The tragedy has struck one of the most challenging territories for China, not only in rescue efforts but also for reporting. The extreme geography of the Himalayas is compounded by the exceptional political sensitivity of Tibet, a region under intense surveillance and virtually closed to independent scrutiny.
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