More than 260 foreign citizens from 23 countries are among the hundreds of people missing in Tibet after last week’s devastating flood, the Chinese authorities said on Sunday, offering their most detailed accounting yet of those caught in the disaster on their side of the border. The largest groups of missing foreigners were 104 Nepalis, 49 Indians, 33 Latvians, 18 Americans and 15 British citizens, according to Xinhua, China’s state news agency. In total, 546 people remained missing. The death toll in the Tibet region of China has reached 16…
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China Offers Condolences to Nepal While Emphasizing Disaster Began There
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, extended his condolences to Nepal’s president on Friday over the hundreds of deaths caused by the landslide on the countries’ border and pledged China’s support in Nepal’s aid efforts. “I am confident that the people of both countries will be able to join hands to overcome the disaster and rebuild their homes,” Mr. Xi said in a message to Nepal’s president, Ram Chandra Paudel, reported by Chinese state media. The message, his first addressed to Nepal’s government since the disaster on Wednesday, noted that the countries…