{"id":434845,"date":"2026-08-27T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=434845"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:57:42","slug":"chinese-embassy-rejects-fake-claims-over-rasuwa-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/434845.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Embassy rejects fake claims over Rasuwa floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/nepal-china-300x161-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430299\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<strong>KATHMANDU, Aug 27<\/strong> \u2014 The Chinese Embassy in Nepal has firmly rejected allegations that China failed to issue an early warning or that the collapse of a dam on its side triggered the catastrophic flash floods along the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bIn a official clarification released on Thursday, the embassy labeled viral claims suggesting Chinese negligence or infrastructure failure as &#8220;fake news&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bAccording to the statement, the disaster was triggered on the morning of August 26 by an earthquake or glacier collapse on the Nepali side of the border. The resulting massive mudslides caused severe destruction and left individuals missing across both sides of the Gyirong\u2013Rasuwagadhi border region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bDismissing the claims, China emphasized that unfounded accusations yield no benefit, stating, <em>&#8220;Accusation helps nothing. Cooperation saves lives.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bKATHMANDU, Aug 27 \u2014 The Chinese Embassy in Nepal has firmly rejected allegations that China failed to issue an early warning or that the collapse of a dam on its side triggered the catastrophic flash floods along the border. \u200bIn a official clarification released on Thursday, the embassy labeled viral claims suggesting Chinese negligence or &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":430299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-434845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434871,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434845\/revisions\/434871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434845"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=434845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}