{"id":827366,"date":"2026-08-27T08:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827366\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:28:11","slug":"china-dam-collapse-accusation-helps-nothing-china-rejects-nepals-dam-collapse-claim-over-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827366\/","title":{"rendered":"China Dam Collapse: &#8216;Accusation helps nothing&#8217;: China rejects Nepal&#8217;s &#8216;dam collapse&#8217; claim over floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nepal-flash-floods.jpg\" alt=\"'Accusation helps nothing': China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim over floods\" title=\"China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>China rejects Nepal&#8217;s &#8216;dam collapse&#8217; claim China on Thursday rejected Nepal\u2019s claim that the collapse of a \u201cgeological disaster dam\u201d on the Chinese side triggered the massive devastation in Nepal.The Chinese embassy in Nepal called the claim \u201cfake news\u201d, including an allegation that China had failed to issue an early warning to the Nepali side, resulting in significant casualties.In a statement on Facebook, the Chinese embassy in Nepal said: \u201cAn earthquake or earthquake-like glacier collapse occurred on the Nepali side on the morning of August 26, triggering huge mudslides, which caused significant casualties and left people missing on both the Nepali and Chinese sides of the Gyirong-Rasuwagadhi border region.\u201dChina ended its statement with: \u201cAccusation helps nothing\u201d and \u201ccooperation saves lives.\u201dThe disaster in the Himalayan region has claimed at least 175 lives and left more than 1,300 people missing after a \u201cpowerful surge\u201d of debris, including water, sediments, rock and ice.The sudden floods washed away villages and left a trail of destruction, with roads and buildings damaged or completely destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China rejects Nepal&#8217;s &#8216;dam collapse&#8217; claim China on Thursday rejected Nepal\u2019s claim that the collapse of a \u201cgeological&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[350446,192,350449,350450,350448,350447,350419,79],"class_list":["post-827366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-china-dam-collapse","tag-environment","tag-geological-disaster","tag-gyirong-rasuwagadhi-border","tag-heavy-casualties-nepal","tag-himalayan-disaster","tag-nepal-floods","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}