The Chinese government's immediate decision to cover up the tragedy is evil, but western reporting is also not blameless. There's more to life in China than Xi, Xinjiang and whatever Chinese diplomats are up to on Twitter, but we hear about essentially none of it.
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where’s the tens of thousands figure from? looking around but can’t find it. most recent one i’ve seen is 33.
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It's a guesstimate from looking at footage of the traffic jams leading into flooded tunnels around the city, and fragmentary reports of the numbers of missing persons.
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Some citations for the 10,000 number please?
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Nightmarish. I hope that estimate is exaggerated. The videos from that flood were absolutely terrifying. Cities are not designed for climate disasters that are coming, anywhere in the world.
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