{"id":24035,"date":"2026-08-27T17:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=24035"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:54:54","slug":"nearly-100-chinese-nationals-missing-on-nepal-side-after-disaster-beijing-verifying-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=24035","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Nearly 100 Chinese Nationals Missing on Nepal Side After Disaster, Beijing Verifying Details<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 100 Chinese nationals remain unaccounted for on the Nepali side following Wednesday\u2019s devastating mudslide and flood, according to China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing on Thursday that preliminary information indicated that nearly 100 Chinese citizens were missing in the disaster-affected area on the Nepali side.<\/p>\n<p>Lin said the Chinese Embassy in Nepal is working with Nepali authorities to further verify the number, location and status of those who remain out of contact.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster in the Bhote Koshi and Nepal-China border region has left a large number of people, including foreign nationals, missing. 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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press briefing on Thursday that preliminary information indicated that nearly 100 Chinese citizens were missing in the disaster-affected &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news","category-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nearly 100 Chinese Nationals Missing on Nepal Side After Disaster, Beijing Verifying Details - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=24035\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nearly 100 Chinese Nationals Missing on Nepal Side After Disaster, Beijing Verifying Details - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dragon Media Correspondent Nearly 100 Chinese nationals remain unaccounted for on the Nepali side following Wednesday\u2019s devastating mudslide and flood, according to China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 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