China Says Local Officials Underreported Deaths in Flooding

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Chinese officials intentionally underreported the number of people who died or went missing in severe flooding in Henan province in July, China’s central government said

during the evening rush hour on July 20. There were more than 500 passengers on the train; 14 of them died.

One Zhengzhou resident, who had voiced doubts around the death toll, said on the Twitter-like Weibo platform after Friday’s news that the government should release names of the people missing or dead on social media. “Without the names, the numbers are just hollow numbers,” said the resident, who identified himself as a young man, in his post.

“There was an apparent disconnect between the response system and the weather forecast releases,” the State Council said.Record rainfall in central China triggered flooding that swamped subways and forced about 100,000 people to relocate. Henan province is a major base for industry and home to one of the world’s biggest iPhone-manufacturing sites. Photo: AFP/Getty Images

One commenter on social media wrote after the report: “It’s finally being exposed. Hopefully it can comfort the dead and bring closure to the survivors.”Chinese officials faced accusations

 

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Comrades the figured you submitted to the party congress look rather too high it to be readjust.

The more the better

It's normal in that country🤣

A bit like the US under reporting Covid deaths!

Chinese government lied? So what else is new?

People live by chance in this country 🤦🏻‍♀️

Underreporting appears to be a standard in the current government.

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