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Experts: steep gorges amplified deadly mudslide on China-Nepal border

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A mudslide that tore along the China-Nepal border and struck Gyirong Port in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region on August 26 was made far more destructive by the steep, narrow Himalayan gorges, said Sudan Bikash Maharjan, a remote-sensing analyst at the Kathmandu-based International Center for Integrated Mountain Development. 

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Muhammad Arif is a journalist repoting on Asian Affairs, with focus on connectivity in Eurasia. He holds Ph.D degree in Global Journalism from HBU, China, and teaches Journalism at a university in Islamabad. He is multilingual, speaks Eurasian languages—such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Persian, and Russian —for his reporting assignments.
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