(Minghui.org) On August 26, 2026, the Gyirong Valley—located on the border between China and Nepal in the Himalayas—was struck by a massive ice avalanche and mudslide with almost no warning. Massive volumes of ice, rocks, and mud poured down at a speed of nearly 50 meters per second. The Resuo Bridge was obliterated and the Gyirong Port joint inspection building was instantly swallowed up. The raging mudslide also swept away dozens of tour buses and freight trucks.
The mudslide’s destruction did not end there. It blocked the river channel, forming a barrier lake. The floodwaters then flowed south along the valley, entering Nepal and submerging several downstream villages.
On the day of the disaster, there were no warning signs; the local weather was clear and partly cloudy with no unusual rainfall. From the initial ice avalanche to the moment it engulfed the Gyirong border crossing, only six or seven minutes passed. This abrupt, overwhelming calamity defied human prediction. In the face of such forces, both individuals and systems seem extremely small and fragile.
The Gyirong Port joint inspection building stands on a vital but flood-prone section of the river. Any abnormal upstream water surge threatens to sweep it away, with potential loss of life. This seemingly ordinary building has profound symbolism— it is one of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s model projects, intended to showcase its “infrastructure prowess.”
The CCP’s long-standing narrative is: as long as the Party exists, there are no insurmountable difficulties; as long as the system is superior, everything can be defeated.
Yet this model building, which the Party prides itself on as a “superior” communist authoritarian system, was uprooted by a sudden disaster in just a few minutes. Along with 27 surrounding buildings, it was completely demolished.
In the aftermath, as usual, the CCP blocked the area, prohibiting foreign journalists and international aid from entering. Echoing official propaganda, some news outlets attributed the tragedy to a natural disaster caused by “global warming” and a chain reaction stemming from an “inevitable” high-altitude ice avalanche.
If the dangers were so evident, why undertake such large-scale construction projects in the first place? With the impending disaster, it is also inconceivable that the CCP rejected all international aid. Foreign rescue teams and independent media were strictly prohibited from entering the disaster area.
Information blackout and disinformation campaigns are common practices of the CCP. Upon closer examination, however, it’s not difficult for people to grasp some of the reasons behind this man-made disaster leading to a natural catastrophe.
The Belt and Road Initiative is a means for the CCP to form “alliances” around the world. From another angle, working with the notorious CCP that abuses human rights and natural resources, such an “alliance” is not sustainable in the long term.
Furthermore, the disaster occurred on the extremely sensitive Tibetan border, involving military facilities, cross-border water conservancy projects, and strategic nodes of the Belt and Road initiative. The Gyirong Port is a vital passage for both military and civilian use, serving as a crucial route for the Tibet Military Region of the Chinese Communist Party to project troops and deploy equipment to South Asia. Its strategic position is extremely sensitive, which could explain the CCP’s heavy investment in the area.
In recent years, the CCP has continuously promoted cross-border hydropower stations, high-voltage transmission lines and port infrastructure in this region. However, the construction is located in the core fault zone of plate collision and has an extremely fragile geological structure. The long-term blasting and deep excavation have gradually broken the balance of the mountain structure that the high-level glaciers originally relied on for support.
At a deeper level, the CCP is distinct from China itself. After decades suppressing various groups—including Falun Gong—the regime’s eventual demise seems inevitable. The CCP often promotes its superiority and the narrative of “human will conquer nature.” The collapse of ice and avalanches could be highly symbolic of the CCP’s fate—the inevitable price of defying heaven and earth.
Since ancient times, Chinese people always cherished the harmony between heaven, earth, and mankind. The relationship between humans and the environment is not conquest, but mutual respect. Only by upholding virtue can humans find true peace and longevity in this world.
The CCP does not believe in the divine and instead embraces Marxism. “A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism,” states the Manifesto of the Communist Party. After moving to China, it worsened and has focused on“fighting against heaven, fighting against earth, and fighting against man.”
Tibetans hold the mountains sacred, yet the CCP recklessly blasts, demolishes, and excavates mountains. The recent Gyirong mudslide is another episode in a series of numerous floods caused by reservoir releases across China, submerging farmland, villages, cities, and claiming innocent lives. The CCP’s actions have not only unleashed repeated disasters, but have also been responsible for a moral collapse throughout Chinese society. Simply put, this could be the inevitable price for the CCP’s disregard for the natural order—a price paid not only by the regime, but by all who follow the regime.
Nepal has suffered a huge loss in this disaster. According to updated reports from Nepalese officials, the death toll far exceeds a thousand—dozens of times higher than the death toll reported by the CCP (whose reports may not be reliable).
For years, the Nepalese government has actively cooperated with the CCP, signing agreements, approving land grants, and attracting Chinese investment to build roads, hydropower stations, and cross-border power grids. As a result, it has been repeatedly criticized for being debt-dependent on the CCP. This “debt dependence” on the CCP has led to the construction of hydropower stations, power transmission lines, and border crossings.
And now, it has also pushed a large number of villages and lives into disaster and endless suffering. Some say that Nepal is not the only country in the world with close ties to the CCP regime. Indeed, one could examine the disasters or divine warnings in the countries that actively follow the CCP. They are much higher than in other counties.
According to the BBC, local Principal Rajendra Dawadi received four phone calls that morning within just a few minutes, each warning him that a major flood was approaching. One parent even came to the school early to specifically to pick up their daughter. These sudden warnings made him realize that the situation was urgent.
Without hesitation, Dawadi immediately ordered the emergency evacuation of all 900 teachers and students, instructing the children to run to higher ground. He also stopped the school buses that were about to depart to pick up students, ordering them to turn around and move away from the danger zone. Ten minutes later, almost instantly, the school buildings and dormitories were completely engulfed by the raging floodwaters and rubble.
This contrasts sharply with the 1994 Karamay fire in Xinjiang of China in which students were instructed to wait and “let the leaders leave first.” As a result, 325 people—including 288 schoolchildren lost their lives. Here in Nepal, there was no bureaucratic shirking of responsibility, no phrases of “let the leaders leave first,” only the principal and parents' reverence and appreciation for life.
The divine, in its benevolence, always offers a path of survival for those who act with kindness. Countless examples from both history and our present day affirm this truth. It is therefore essential to cherish virtue and to keep a distance from totalitarian regimes such as the CCP.