Quake in Tibet kills at least 126

Those poor Tibetans. They lose their culture and independence and now this.

A powerful quake. They will need help and aid.

They are in an enviable position as the whole country can come together and help.

(Important to observe the ROC also claimed them)

Let's keep the focus on the earthquake and the needs of the victims. China will marshal all resources to help the people of the Tibet region of China.

Awful news.

All the best to the Tibetan people.

As Deanza said above, let's keep the focus on the victims and the humanitarian response.

The wider country having considerable resources to respond promptly and fully to this natural disaster is but an accurate observation.

News reports indicate a considerable rescue and relief operation has been mobilized, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (which is kind of like their FEMA but less controversial) and news sources reporting upon this and the overall event.

Lets hope no major aftershocks, Good to see neighbors of Tibet like China helping recovery efforts.

At present Tibet is not an independent country, it has been a "semi-autonomous" province of China, since 1950. Tibet is not recognized as an independent country by any government.

deanzaZZRToday 03:11 pm JST

Let's keep the focus on the earthquake and the needs of the victims. China will marshal all resources to help the people of the Tibet region of China.

"Let's keep the focus on the earthquake and the needs of the victims" he says, whilst making sure to put "region of China" in there.

Real classy.

Isabelle:

Real classy.

I and most people don't care what you think, but Tibet is part of China. Are we going to start suggesting Ryukyu is not part of Japan or Hawaii is not part of USA?

I remember last time there was a big one in neighboring Sichuan and Sharon Stone suggested it was karma, with the ignorant fool not realizing that many ethnic Tibetans live all across the country outside Tibet, in particular Sichuan, and that those killed most likely included children of Tibetan ethnicity.

It's sick that in a time like this, the usual suspects resort to political nonsense. China is not going to abandon them like Katrina, and certainly no officials are going to go on holiday in Cancun.

This is where you see their true color. Repeated pattern, the usual suspects. Everything is geopolitics to them. This occurrence in Tibet is a terrible tragedy, hope and wish them all the best, and, life can get back to normal asap.

JJEToday  03:32 pm JST

As Deanza said above, let's keep the focus on the victims and the humanitarian response.

The wider country having considerable resources to respond promptly and fully to this natural disaster is but an accurate observation.

News reports indicate a considerable rescue and relief operation has been mobilized, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (which is kind of like their FEMA but less controversial) and news sources reporting upon this and the overall event.

Know why you're being downvoted into oblivion despite the fact that what you wrote would, if written by most people, have the opposite effect?

Look up the word "disingenuous".

They know what they do there. Living in that region with the highest level of geological, mountain folding activity is of course a risk 24/7. All those highest mountains of the Earth there exist because of anywhere else unseen enormous powers, pressures and energetic effects.

Let's hope no major kangaroo attacks, Good to see neighbors of Tasmania like Australia helping recovery efforts.

Lets hope no major aftershocks, Good to see neighbors of Tibet like China helping recovery efforts.

Fantastic to see a huge, multi-tiered, country-wide emergency response implemented at the drop of a hat, especially the treatment of displaced etc in that wider Tibet region of China. Could be some lessons in that for other countries in responses to natural disasters, including US/Japan etc, which often are subpar.

We all know if the ROC controlled Beijing, we wouldn't hear a peep out of certain quarters about Tibet. Fact is the natural disaster response by the latter indicates the planning and preparedness by the relevant authorities of the province and beyond has paid off.

JJEToday 03:09 am JST

We all know if the ROC controlled Beijing, we wouldn't hear a peep out of certain quarters about Tibet.

We wouldn't be hearing from CCP stooges, either, so it goes both ways.

But we are hearing from quarters cynically trying to politicize a natural disaster.

Looks like a tremendous response by the Beijing and provincial authorities in the UN-observed Tibet region of China. Relevant to note that last year January and 2023 December featured similar natural disasters - and the response each time has been a textbook case of a sovereign country responding to an event in a decent fashion, having made sensible contingency measures beforehand that pay off when the disaster hits such a province.

Wood frame construction would have saved a lot of lives in this quake. Unreinforced masonry is the worst choice of building material for an earthquake prone region like this. We experienced an identical magnitude earthquake and our home suffered no damage at all, and in our region there was only one death, a poor soul working under their car where the car fell off the jack stands. One house burned but no injuries there and a handful of trailers slid off their supporting jacks. Even old and in many cases deteriorated wood frame homes over 100 years old didn't fall down.

Have you ever visited Tibet, DT? Nary a tree to be found. Locals build with what is available locally as Tibetans in these communities likely are poor. The collapsed buildings I have seen so far seem to be rural, individual homes. Certainly safer homes should be a priority for new construction.