China silences flood victims to spotlight Xi Jinping's rescue efforts

Nepal flash floods destroy Gyirong Port, situated on the Nepal-China borderMore than a week after a deadly flash flood tore through valleys along the China-Nepal border, the scale of the disaster is becoming clearer, but on the Chinese side, the victims themselves remain largely unseen. Reports indicate that China is exerting extreme pressure to monitor reporting surrounding the disaster.The disaster has killed more than 1,300 people and left more than 5,600 missing across the two countries, according to the latest figures cited in reports. Yet China has released information about the disaster slowly and tightly controlled access to affected areas, offering little public detail about those who died or remain missing.Chinese authorities' death toll update on Friday, raised the number killed