An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Currently, the barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region has been drained, the river channel has returned to normal flow, and the associated hazard has been largely eliminated, according to the region’s emergency management department.
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 5, 2026 shows the site which used to be a barrier lake above the core area of the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
