‘Everyone seems to have forgotten’: In Tibet, flood-hit families search for the missing and grapple with China’s silence

In China, families with missing loved ones say they are relying on information from the Nepal side of the border, as well as foreign embassies and social media. Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images

Fan Hong last heard from her husband on the morning of the Nepal-Tibet disaster. More than a week later, the 31-year-old is desperately searching for information about Lin Bo, who was working on a Chinese highway project in Nepal. Struggling to get information from authorities, Fan turned to social media for help.

“My husband works on a project in Nepal, about 5 kilometres from the Gyirong border crossing. I want to know what the situation is, but I haven’t been able to reach him,” the 31-year-old from China’s Sichuan province wrote on Rednote.