China censors flood videos from Tibet border disaster as hundreds remain missing and unaccounted for

Beijing has permitted only one still image from the Gyirong Port disaster to appear on state television, with the complete CCTV footage of floodwaters destroying buildings and sweeping away people removed from China's tightly controlled internet. Tibet's troubled political history means the region's name alone is enough to activate censorship mechanisms, making it virtually impossible to find survivor testimony online. An emergency meeting was convened under Xi Jinping's chairmanship and hundreds of rescue personnel remain on the ground, yet Chinese media carries no first-hand accounts from those caught up in the disaster.