Inondations : la Chine cache la vérité, disent des défenseurs du Tibet
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Inondations : la Chine cache la vérité, disent des défenseurs du Tibet

Floods: China is hiding the truth, say Tibet defenders

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The GuardianAugust 31, 2026View Source

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La Chine cache les vrais chiffres d'une inondation au Tibet.

China is concealing the real figures of a flood in Tibet.

ChineChinacachehides/concealingvraistrue/realchiffresfigures/numbersdofinondationfloodauin
Un groupe de défense dit que trois cents maisons sont détruites.

A defense group says that three hundred homes are destroyed.

groupegroupdeofdéfenseadvocacy/defenseditsaysquethattrois centsthree hundredmaisonshousessontaredétruitesdestroyed
Le nombre de personnes disparues est plus grand que le chiffre officiel.

The number of missing people is higher than the official figure.

nombrenumberdeofpersonnespeopledisparuesmissingestisplusmoregrandlarge/highquethanchiffrefigure/numberofficielofficial
Les autorités de Beijing cachent la taille réelle de la catastrophe.

The authorities in Beijing are hiding the real scale of the disaster.

autoritésauthoritiescachenthide/concealingtaillesize/scaleréellerealcatastrophedisaster
La police a puni dix personnes pour avoir partagé des informations.

The police punished ten people for having shared information.

ahaspunipunisheddixtenpersonnespeoplepourforavoirhavingpartagésharedinformationsinformation
Le gouvernement chinois dit que ces messages sont de fausses informations.

The Chinese government says that these messages are false information.

gouvernementgovernmentchinoisChineseditsaysquethatcesthesesontarede(partitive)faussesfalseinformationsinformation
La discussion publique sur les inondations est maintenant limitée au Tibet.

Public discussion about the floods is now limited in Tibet.

publiquepublicsuron/aboutinondationsfloodsestismaintenantnowlimitéelimitedauin/at
Les militants demandent plus de transparence de la part de la Chine.

Campaigners are asking for more transparency from China.

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cacher
to hide / to conceal
"Il veut cacher son secret."
disparu
missing / disappeared
"Le chat a disparu hier soir."
punir
to punish
"Le professeur va punir les élèves bruyants."
partagé
shared
"Elle a partagé une photo sur Internet."
fausse
false / fake
"C'est une fausse information."
maison
house / home
"Ma maison est petite mais jolie."
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