In the wake of a catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border, Chinese authorities have deployed the 'Clean Internet 2026' campaign not merely to manage misinformation, but to determine what may be known at all. Families like that of Tsering Phuntsok, a Tibetan exile in India, find themselves severed not only by geography but by the deliberate erasure of information — unable to mourn, search, or even name their missing. The gap between an official death toll of 43 and community claims exceeding 1,000 speaks to an older tension in governance: the state's need for accurate information to func
China's 'Clean Internet' campaign silences Nepal-Tibet flood reporting
Families separated by the Nepal-Tibet border cannot locate missing relatives; Tibetan exile Tsering Phuntsok has missing family members on both sides with no information from the Tibet side.