The floods that occurred on Wednesday, August 26, caused dramatic images that circulated internationally but were not shown to the public in China. Censorship prevented Chinese citizens from accessing the same images that the rest of the world saw about the tragedy.
The information about the victims and the damage caused by the floods in China is scarce. While Nepal and Tibet had extensive international coverage of the effects of the floods, in China there is little transparency about the number of dead and affected in the country.
The article suggests that Chinese authorities are hiding the most dramatic images of the floods from the public. This lack of information contrasts strongly with the availability of similar images from Nepal and Tibet.
The situation highlights the differences in media coverage between China and neighboring countries, where the consequences of the same floods were documented and shared freely with the world.
