China allows Western journalists access to flood-devastated border crossing
China's Foreign Ministry on Sunday organized a trip for foreign journalists to the Kiron border crossing, which was damaged by flooding. The move let Western media directly assess the destruction.
On Sunday, September 6, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged a trip for foreign journalists to a border crossing point in Kiron that had been damaged by flooding.
According to the available information, the trip was officially organized by the ministry, granting access to a site that had previously suffered significant destruction due to flooding. This allowed representatives of the Western press to witness firsthand the extent of the damage at the location.
No further details have yet been made public regarding the scale of the flooding, any casualties, or future plans to rebuild the border crossing. The event indicates that, in this instance, the Chinese side chose to ensure the presence of foreign media, allowing them to document the situation on site directly.
