[US Trending] Giant Tornadoes in Multiple Areas of Hubei | Investigation of Guangxi Reservoir Collapse | Chinese Government Sends Disaster Relief Supplies to Venezuela | Inadequate Disaster Relief by Hengzhou and Guigang Governments | Severe Convective Weather in Qufu, Shandong | Disaster Victim Rescue Information Broadcast
This episode reports severe natural disasters and related secondary disasters in many parts of China, including giant tornadoes hitting multiple locations in Hubei that caused serious damage to Huanggang Normal University, a reservoir breach in Guangxi that flooded downstream villages and towns with poor rescue efforts and a cover‑up of post deletions, and strong convective weather in Shandong and Henan. It also follows international concerns over China’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the South Pacific, as well as absurd domestic news such as factories bizarrely showing loyalty and a Huawei smartwatch measuring chicken‑piece heart rates.
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US Hot Search lets you hear voices from beyond the wall. Hello audience friends, hello everyone, welcome to today’s US Hot Search, I am Qi Xiaotian. First, we move to the "Look at China on Mobile" segment. In ancient times, when faced with natural disasters such as floods, the emperor would take the blame upon himself, telling the afflicted subjects that it was his moral shortcomings that caused the people’s suffering, and would issue a self‑criticism edict. Comrade Xi, seated steadily in Zhongnanhai, did something else. Netizens lament: "Better to rely on external help than on domestic serfs." These supplies are being used for political benefit exchanges, showcasing the strength and status of our great Eastern nation, while domestically, the ears and mouths of the people are being blocked.
Two days have passed since the dam breach. On July 8, netizens on social media appealed for rescue in Longxiang, Hengzhou Town, Guangxi. On July 7, a medical staff member at Guigang Maternal and Child Health Hospital urgently requested aid, stating that many pregnant women were awaiting delivery and newborns were being rescued, with medical staff already working over 50 consecutive hours, urgently needing reinforcements and requesting a rescue boat to transport staff to duty. The Guigang government’s public account said: "Don’t panic! Guigang’s ‘vegetable basket’ is stable, pork prices haven’t risen, vegetables are plentiful!" Netizens criticized the Guigang government’s public account, saying: "People without electricity, water, or signal can’t contact supply deliveries at all—what exactly are they stabilizing?" A netizen from Zhushan Village, Guigang, Guangxi asked for help, saying that near a local primary school multiple households were trapped; the requester said his sister’s family and nearby villagers, a total of 8 adults and 5 children, had been trapped for two days and one night, with a 1‑year‑old infant feverish, food and drinking water nearly exhausted, urgently needing rescue. The specific location is near the home of Cen Bingwei at No. 462 Zhushan Village, below Zhushan Primary School.
On July 8, the eighth senior high school in Gangbei District, Guigang City was surrounded by floodwater. The roads in and out of the school were up to about 2 meters deep, and the campus itself had about 1 meter of water. The power distribution room was flooded and the school lost electricity. More than 2,000 first- and second-year teachers and students remain on campus. Because vehicles and pedestrians cannot pass, many parents had to row boats themselves to the school to pick up their children.
On July 8, villagers in Naxu Liuzhao Village, Hengzhou City, Guangxi posted a request for help in a rescue group, saying that continuous rain triggered a landslide, causing some houses in the village to collapse and cutting off the only road leading outside. The village is currently without power or internet, lacking food and daily supplies, and external supplies cannot be delivered for now. Some villagers can only walk back to the village center. Information can only be transmitted after someone climbs to the mountain top and finds a signal. Rescue forces are urgently needed.
On July 7, South China Senior High School in Guigang City organized an emergency evacuation of the entire school. During the evacuation, no troops or police or other rescue forces were seen.
On July 8, a woman in Hengzhou, Guangxi died after being bitten by a snake. Villagers who helped said the road was blocked, and it took multiple transfers before she could reach a hospital; by the time she arrived, she had already lost consciousness.
Teacher Li tweeted: On July 7, Hengzhou, Guangxi was affected by flood disaster, and many local residents posted help requests online. Netizens in Guangxi shared an information‑assistance map, which was filled with dense coordinates of help requests. A netizen said: "Why does it feel like this app will be taken down in a couple of days, supposedly for creating social panic?" We have collected many rescue requests from trapped disaster victims outside the Great Firewall. We are outside the wall and powerless, so we can only repost this information, hoping that netizens who can bypass the wall will also share it, so that these victims can be rescued soon.
Now let’s look at the devastating impact of the dam breach on downstream villages. In the video, the disaster area is a mess, with mud everywhere and many houses severely damaged. Some villagers said about half of the village’s houses were washed away or destroyed by the flood, leaving only foundations for some. Netizens said: "The flood in Guangxi this time is so severe, the government rescue teams need to arrive quickly!" Indeed, many rescue‑request posts have already appeared on the internal network, but aside from the initial drone rescues staged for photos and a few kayaks, there has been no other activity from the rescue teams.
On July 7, a netizen reported that some disaster victims in Guangxi said they had started self‑rescue, and no rescue teams were seen in the disaster area. On July 7, the first village downstream of Yunbiao Reservoir in Guangxi was hit; many houses had already been swept away. As of now, more than two thousand elderly and children are stranded on the mountain without clothing or food and cannot be contacted, and no rescue personnel have been seen.
On July 7, downstream Yunbiao Town suffered continuous flooding after the dam breach, with nearly 1,700 people trapped in Nankang Village. At the same time, many rescue pleas circulated on social media, and by that afternoon trapped villagers still reported not receiving any rescue.
The CCP usually beautifies casualty figures in disasters, but even beautified data has limits. Toronto Fang Lian reposted the official Guangxi report from July 6 on death figures, which at the time said two people had died. Netizens mocked: "Got it, as long as the officials don’t report casualties, there are none." On the morning of July 7, the official statement from Nanning City said that by 11 a.m. that day, the flood in Hengzhou had caused four deaths, eight missing, and about 8.47 million people affected. On the evening of July 7, the Guangxi authorities issued another report saying the flood disaster across the province had caused six deaths and eleven missing in total. Netizens sighed: "They can make up anything, but it’s still absurd." Another netizen asked: "Would you dare let disaster victims livestream? Let the affected people speak? Not ban their accounts?" Viewers would surely guess the CCP’s answer is "We wouldn’t dare."
On July 6, a netizen reported that multiple Douyin live streams covering the Guangxi disaster were blocked, and videos recorded by other netizens showed footage of the disaster site being repeatedly deleted. A netizen said: "In the past, we treated the head and the foot separately—headaches were treated with head medicine, foot pain with foot medicine—though not a cure, it eased symptoms. Now we cover both the head and the foot, and as long as you don’t shout about the pain, you’re considered healthy."
The news was censored, the data was beautified, and the government rescue was staged, so can volunteers who truly want to help in disaster relief just go and save people? The answer is yes, but you first need to apply for approval from the government. On July 7, a chat screenshot from a volunteer in Guangxi showed that other neighboring villages tried to organize rescue efforts, but the disaster area had a traffic control in place and they could not get in; private rescue efforts require filing for approval. On July 7, CCTV News published an article: Guangxi urgently needs volunteer teams with inflatable boats and assault boats. The article mentioned: social emergency forces that intend to go and participate in emergency rescue should first contact the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Flood Control and Drought Resistance Command, "after obtaining consent," then proceed to the site to carry out rescue. Netizens angrily said: they are not afraid of rescue, they are afraid that you participating in rescue will expose the real situation in the disaster area, they fear you will see them putting on a show in front of the camera and ruin their righteous image, they themselves fear the high‑priced rescue supplies they bought, so you can spot the kickbacks, they fear your rescue will be more professional than theirs, they fear you will bring out the voices of the disaster‑area people and their accusations against the government, and that is the reason!
Of course, the CCP also wants to control online public opinion so that domestic disaster reports do not deviate. Netizens discovered that on July 7, the only trending topic on Weibo about Guangxi was about a flood‑control and disaster‑relief press conference; immediately after, there were two trending topics about "the whole world is laughing at the United States." On July 7, a netizen posted a video comparing the amount the CCP donated to Guangxi’s flood disaster with the amount it donated to African countries, showing 100 million yuan for Guangxi disaster victims versus 360 billion yuan for African nations—a difference of 3,600 times. Netizens mocked: the CCP caused tens of millions of Chinese to starve to death during the three‑year Great Famine, yet it simultaneously donated tens of millions of tons of grain to Africa?
China’s digital era preserved an article that was 404‑blocked domestically about the collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi. The article pointed out that the safety hazards of the Liulan Reservoir had actually been discovered by locals a year earlier and reported to the government. It said: Liulan Reservoir was built in 1958 and has a 66‑year history; because of its age, the dam is a homogeneous earth dam lacking modern seepage‑prevention structures. After long operation, the soil has aged, compaction has decreased, and natural seepage channels exist inside. Geological surveys also found multiple termite nests inside the dam, with tunnels running through it; combined with seepage along the banks, the dam’s stability has been weakened over time. In 2009, 73.62 million yuan was invested in a risk‑reduction reinforcement project, designed to meet a "once‑in‑a‑century" flood standard. In addition, in December 2023, a "Liulan Irrigation Area Continuation and Modernization Project" with a total investment of over 380 million yuan started, mainly to reinforce the diversion dam and dredge channels, but it did not involve the main dam that holds back water. The standard‑upgrade completed in 2024‑2025 only repaired about 500 square meters of the dam’s interior slope and improved guardrails; the main dam’s overall structure was not systematically reinforced. More concerning, in June 2025 a netizen posted a video noting obvious subsidence and cracking on the dam‑top road, which had just been repaved and backfilled that year; the netizen suspected the rainy season caused foundation settlement. However, this leak did not receive sufficient attention from the authorities. The article’s author finally asked: why did the management department, which claims to have a 24‑hour monitoring and daily inspection mechanism, fail to detect and thoroughly eliminate the hazards in time? Where did the 73.62 million yuan in 2009 and the 380 million yuan in 2023 for dam reinforcement actually go? Audience, what do you think?
The CCP’s covert water‑release actions have become a familiar pattern to netizens. One netizen found that the Hengzhou government of Guangxi issued a notice at 12:52 am on July 7 stating that the Niangshan Reservoir would release water at 2:30 am, affecting Hengzhou Town and Liancheng Town. In other words, the midnight notice gave downstream villagers only 98 minutes to escape. Netizens angrily said: issuing a notice at midnight and executing it at dawn—that’s pure evil.
On the night of July 6, many parts of Hubei experienced severe convective weather, and a massive tornado struck Huangzhou District, Huanggang City, Hubei, damaging a large number of houses. Hospital emergency rooms were filled with the injured during the night. That evening, a netizen filmed the moment the tornado hit inside a study room at Hubei Normal University. Later, the netizen recorded the scene at Huanggang Normal University. The images show severe damage to the ceiling of a teaching building, with a large amount of construction debris and glass shards scattered on the floor, leaving the site in a mess. On July 7, according to a count by school teachers, 116 students were injured to varying degrees, many were hospitalized for treatment, and the buildings were extensively damaged; the school has already arranged for students to start their summer vacation. After the Hubei tornado on July 7, a netizen posted a video saying his house had disappeared, flattened to the ground, with ruins and debris everywhere. Domestic media conducted aerial photography of the tornado site in Huanggang, Hubei: many houses were destroyed, and several "hundred‑ton" heavy trucks were overturned directly. Netizens in Huanggang recorded videos of the aftermath on the ground. One netizen lamented: "In the late days of the Red Dynasty, the world is in chaos." The image is filled with special symbolism; in the picture, the statue of Sun Yat‑sen at Huanggang Normal University was destroyed by the tornado, leaving only two feet of the pedestal. A netizen joked: "Sun Yat‑sen assessed the situation and decided to run away!"
The damage from the severe convective weather was not limited to Huanggang. Netizens captured: on July 6, Zhoukou, Henan experienced extreme weather, with roofs torn off in some areas. On July 6, Qufu, Shandong also faced severe convective weather, with a floor‑to‑ceiling window of a high‑rise residential building blown out in one piece, multiple trees knocked down on the streets, and some vehicles struck. A netizen complained: "If it isn’t reported, China is always portrayed as peaceful and prosperous."
Now, we turn to foreign media coverage of China. On July 6, the U.S. State Department said that the United States had detected China launching a submarine‑tested ballistic missile without a warhead but with intercontinental range, which landed in the South Pacific. State Department spokesperson Thomas Pigott said that while the United States works to prevent nuclear proliferation, Beijing is rapidly and opaquely expanding its nuclear arsenal, causing deep concern for the region and the world. The United States urges China to participate in substantive arms‑control discussions and to establish a regular reporting mechanism for intercontinental ballistic missiles and space launches. Xinhua News Agency reported that the test was conducted at 12:01 pm Beijing time, the missile carried a simulated warhead, "accurately landed in the designated sea area," and was part of an annual routine training, not targeting any country; relevant nations were notified before the launch, but the missile type was not disclosed.
Scholar Jeffrey Lewis analyzed that the test was likely the JL‑3 submarine‑launched intercontinental ballistic missile, indicating that China may accelerate testing of nuclear strike weapons in the future, and noted that Beijing now appears willing to bear the political costs of more missile tests. This is the second time in two years that China publicly acknowledged a long‑range ballistic missile test in the Pacific; in 2024, China launched an intercontinental missile near French Polynesia, also the first public Pacific test in over 40 years. The U.S. military said it has noted the test and continues to monitor global security dynamics, but has not adjusted deployments because of it. The launch coincided with Australia and Fiji signing a security cooperation agreement; New Zealand said it "does not want to see the South Pacific become a missile testing ground for China"; Australia said the move undermines regional stability; Japan again expressed serious concern over China's increasing military activities. The U.S. House of Representatives China‑related Special Committee also criticized the test, saying it was not ordinary training but another aggressive act toward Indo‑Pacific allies and partners.
A Twitter user joked: "Turns out the money for disaster relief, sewer repairs, farmer pensions, drinking water, and universal health care was spent here."
Now let's look at a few absurd videos. Workers in Chinese factories not only work excessively long hours and receive low wages, but also have to endure various forms of formalism. On July 6, a factory in Yancheng, Jiangsu required all its workers to stand up before lunch and sing "Unity Is Strength" to show loyalty to Xi Jinping and the factory. Netizens said: This country is a huge prison, with cameras everywhere, barbed wire along the land borders, and surveillance software on phones; major enterprises and school institutions are like small prisons. Below, a blogger used a Huawei smartwatch to test the heart rate of a chicken nugget and actually measured a heart rate of 87 beats per minute. Netizens joked: Huawei has achieved protein activity reversal, it's so great and far ahead.
At the end of the program, we entered the netizen interaction segment. SandwichesHotpot commented that the CCP state media said "pessimistic mood shrouds US Independence Day" and said: So the situation in the United States is called pessimistic mood, then I would call the situation in China a universally celebrated great era. tony z said: Indeed, listening to the Communist Party's words in reverse is the ultimate truth of the universe. dlfang said: The CCP builds reservoirs, and to save costs, they design the spillways as small as possible because the spillway area requires steel and cement; the remaining funds are all embezzled by officials. Today's US trending topics end here, thank you all for watching.