2026-09-07
26 分钟Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Facts over fiction.
What is the real situation after the devastating mudslide
that hit Jirong port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Shizang Autonomous Region, otherwise known as Tibet?
As of Saturday evening, 43 people are confirmed dead and another 519 unaccounted for on the Chinese side.
In Nepal, more than 1,300 people are reportedly dead and some 5,000 others still missing.
Rescue efforts continue on both sides a devastating time for both countries
especially those who have been affected yet rather than objectively reporting on the facts some in the western
media are using this as an opportunity to smear and attack China.
How are they using this disaster to push their own agendas?
What's the true story?
Welcome to this edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Li Xin.
Joining us from Brisbane, Australia, Warwick Powell, adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology,
and here in the studio, Professor Liu Baocheng,
Dean of the Centre for International Business Ethics at the University of International Business.
And economics.
But before welcoming these three guests, I would really like to introduce my colleague CGTN reporter Sun Tianyuan,
who has been covering this story over the past days from Ground Zero.