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How the Nepal-Tibet disaster became the latest victim of China’s ‘Clean Internet’ campaign

The Guardian UK Tuesday 08 September 2026, 03:14 UTC By Danny Vincent in Hong Kong 1 min read
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The online campaign used to focus on tackling cybercrime and hacking but has since expanded to suppress information that differs from official narrativesTsering Phuntsok watched news of the Nepal-Tibet flood unfold from thousands of miles away in southern India. The 46-year-old Tibetan in exile has missing family members on both sides of the border; those in Nepal are named in official government lists, but in Tibet he has received no information. “I have started praying for the lost ones now.

The online campaign used to focus on tackling cybercrime and hacking but has since expanded to suppress information that differs from official narratives

Tsering Phuntsok watched news of the Nepal-Tibet flood unfold from thousands of miles away in southern India. The 46-year-old Tibetan in exile has missing family members on both sides of the border; those in Nepal are named in official government lists, but in Tibet he has received no information.

“I have started praying for the lost ones now. I have to accept they will not return [because] … I’m not getting any information.”

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