China’s tight control over information from Tibet is hampering efforts to assess the full scale of devastation and coordinate understanding of the rescue operation after catastrophic flash floods struck villages along the Nepal-China border, with Nepal’s death toll rising to over 700 while China has officially reported only five deaths.

Nepal's former minister expressed concern over delayed information exchange with China. A glacier collapse in Tibet caused catastrophic flash floods in border areas. Nepal…

Comum na China, controle da informação fica mais evidente do que no Tibete, que está sob controle chinês desde a década de 1950 e onde os apelos por maior autonomia se…