As of August 31, the Nepali side announced that the death toll from the mudslides exceeded 900, with about 4,247 people missing, and the casualty figures had been updated at least 12 times.
China's officially published casualty figures for the Gyirong mudslide show 16 dead and 546 missing, including 261 foreign nationals.
The Nepalese government released data on zone-by-zone body recovery, missing persons, rescue statistics and aid, and made public the list of survivors and photos of unidentified bodies for families to identify.
China deployed personnel from the People's Liberation Army, the Armed Police, fire and rescue services, and China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (China Energy Engineering), mobilized nearly 4,000 sets of equipment, and ultimately recovered 7 bodies of the deceased, without rescuing any survivors.
China's professional rescue team arrived at the core area of the Jilong port more than 48 hours after the disaster occurred; officials subsequently said no more survivors had been found.
Xi Jinping and Japarov held a large-scale formal meeting in Bishkek, after which the official media of both sides subsequently released reports on the talks and cooperation.
Wei Xiaodong, former chairman of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC Committee, Jiangxi Governor Ye Jianchun, and Liu Jianyang, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and head of its Organization Department, have successively been placed on file for review and investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
PLA Eastern Theater Command Commander Yang Zhibin met with US Indo-Pacific Command commander Paparo in Canada, and the two sides discussed maintaining high-level communication and signing a memorandum on crisis communication.
On the last day of August, Miss Keke Li's women's clothing shop on Taobao, which has over 20 million followers, closed and all items were removed from the store. The shop was considered one of the top online women's clothing stores, and its closure comes against a backdrop of insufficient foot traffic in physical women's clothing stores, difficulties in selling down jackets and coats, and several other women's clothing stores struggling with poor operations. The operators said that low‑price high‑volume sales did not generate enough turnover, and the women's clothing industry faces significant pressure both online and offline.
A netizen submission claims that a 32-member rescue team went missing while carrying out disaster relief at Gyirong Port, and subsequently arrived in a European country offering visa-on-arrival through international rescue channels.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held a welcome ceremony for Xi Jinping at the Palace of Harmony, and Xi greeted the guards in Kyrgyz as he reviewed the honor guard.
Hu Xijin again criticized Sun Yuchen for publicly exposing Jing Tian's privacy, and cited Doubao's analysis of why the cryptocurrency community, commercial self-media, and ordinary netizens support Sun Yuchen.
During the SCO summit, Putin proposed to the Chinese side that the mutual visa exemption policy between Russia and China be made permanent.
A female passenger from mainland China on a flight from Taoyuan, Taiwan to Guangzhou cried and shouted in the cabin for more than two hours after her request for a paid upgrade was rejected, and was finally asked to leave the aircraft by the crew on the grounds of flight safety.
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall closed for renovations starting March 16 and is expected to officially reopen on August 31. Outside observers are watching closely to see whether Xi Jinping will use this renovation to reshape the memorial hall in order to build up his personal image.
IPAC executive director Pei Lunde pointed out that Legislative Yuan President Han Kuo-yu recently led a delegation to the UK and refused to meet with IPAC during the trip, and revealed that the alliance had invited the Kuomintang multiple times without receiving any response, sparking outside doubts about the pan-Blue camp's stance.
The US Geological Survey has revised its earlier assessment, saying the Nepal mudslide was triggered by a glacier rockfall rather than an earthquake.
Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital region for the fifth consecutive day on August 31, damaging warehouses, apartment buildings and retail outlets in the Kyiv region and injuring four people.
Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the floods have confirmed 903 deaths, about 4,200 people missing, and more than 10,000 rescued, with the missing including people from 38 countries.
Russia's finance minister arrived in the United States to attend the G20 finance ministers' meeting.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act, requiring the Department of Justice to establish a task force to investigate and prosecute trade crimes, including those involving Chinese companies.
China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that the manufacturing PMI for August was 49.8, up 0.6 points from July; the new orders index was 50.6.
Huawei released its financial report for the first half of 2026, with operating revenue of 467.8 billion yuan, but net profit plunged 36% to 23.8 billion yuan, and net cash flow from operating activities was negative 39.9 billion yuan.
Due to a previous real-name report by a businessman surnamed Wang and related contract disputes, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court rejected Liu Xiaoqing's appeal in the second instance, upheld the original verdict, and ordered her to repay the company's debts within the scope of her unpaid capital contribution of 3.4 million yuan.
Self-media reports say that Gao Zhikai was criticized by an Indian commentator during a live interview on an Indian television channel and was accused of losing his composure on the show.
The topic "Search and rescue dog's paws swollen from the Jilong mudslide" trended on Weibo, after which the discussion focused on the treatment of the dog's paws.
Bajiong publicly requested Yuan Zhiyang to join him for a dual-platform live stream to discuss their dispute.
A school in Trishuli, Nepal, suspended classes after receiving a warning of rising water levels and moved more than 900 students out; another local middle school was washed away in earlier floods.
Renovation of the Mao Memorial Hall has been completed. Related statements say that the hall as a whole has not been changed, and its name has not been altered either.
Trump, responding at the White House to a reporter's question on whether nuclear weapons would be used in a strike on Iran, said he had never said he would not use that option.
Ohio State University has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle civil allegations that it failed to disclose certain employees' ties to China when applying for federal research funding.
The Party Leadership Group of Genertec went to Shenyang Machine Tool to collectively study Xi Jinping's inspection speech from 13 years ago, reiterating it as the group's number one core business and the carrier of national will.
After completing daytime diplomatic activities in Bishkek, Xi Jinping was absent from the evening opening ceremony of the World Nomad Games at a stadium holding 30,000 people.
Justin Sun posted a photo with Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as the backdrop, showing information displaying the day's network number.
On August 29, 2026, Reuters cited an interview with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, reporting that during his visit to Finland this summer, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated face-to-face that China would never allow Russia to use nuclear weapons.
A student at Chongqing Youyang County No. 1 Middle School allegedly fell to their death on the first day of school. The school transferred the body without the family's consent and refused to provide evidence, citing damaged surveillance footage. The family is now protesting for their rights at the school gate.
During the SCO summit, Xi Jinping held talks with the President of Kyrgyzstan, signing a treaty of friendship as well as cooperation documents in such fields as science and technology, education, humanities, and media.
During the SCO summit, Xi Jinping met with Putin, and the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline.
On August 31, some Hong Kong residents held bouquets and chanted slogans outside Prince Edward Station to commemorate the 2019 crackdown on protests. Hong Kong police arrested them on suspicion of violating Article 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, "doing an act with seditious intent." As of now, eight people have been arrested in total.
On August 31, 2026, it was reported online that dozens of depositors of Henan village and town banks traveled to Xuchang to demand their deposits; immediately after exiting the station they were surrounded by unidentified men in black, taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and had their personal freedom illegally restricted.
On September 1, 2026, Nikkei Asia reported that in the second quarter of 2026, China's three major state-owned airlines — Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines — posted prominent losses amid rising oil prices and exchange rate fluctuations because they had done almost no jet fuel hedging.
On August 30, 2026, on-site reports showed that flood erosion marks in Gyirong, Tibet, reached approximately 60 meters high, with the river channel severely damaged, posing extreme difficulties for rescue and emergency response efforts.
On August 31, 2026, the Chinese human rights organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders issued a statement marking the fourth anniversary of the release of the UN report on Xinjiang, urging the Human Rights Council to overcome obstruction by the Chinese authorities and take investigative and accountability action on crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
On the evening of August 31, 2026, Hong Kong police set up a cordon outside Prince Edward MTR station, standing on high alert to prevent citizens from gathering to commemorate the 2019 "August 31 Prince Edward Station Incident."
On August 31, 2026, Hunan home church pastor Cao Sanqiang disclosed in an exclusive interview that, two and a half years after being released from a 7-year prison sentence, he is still on the list of those barred from leaving the country. Cao Sanqiang, who suffers from late-stage prostate cancer, urged the authorities to permit him to travel to the United States to reunite with his family.
On August 31, 2026, Xi Jinping met with Russian President Putin in Bishkek. Putin expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the Tibet floods and proposed long-term visa-free travel between China and Russia; Xinhua's release made no mention of this.
On August 31, 2026, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Civil Affairs published a list of illegal social organizations being banned, revoking the registrations of 12 unregistered social organizations in one batch, including seven civilian emergency rescue centers and rescue teams.
On August 31, dozens of depositors from village and town banks in Henan traveled to Xuchang to demand their bank card savings. Immediately after exiting Xuchang Railway Station, they were surrounded by multiple unidentified men in black, forcibly taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and illegally detained until late at night.
On August 31, Tibet police dealt with real-name internet users on the grounds of spreading false information, continuing to advance the Clean Net 2026 special campaign. Within a week of the disaster, they listed multiple related cases and restricted netizens from discussing the number of dead and missing in the Gyirong mudslide.
In the late night of August 31, 2026, two men brought large hunting dogs onto the campus of North China Electric Power University in Baoding, Hebei to hunt and kill stray animals. Several dogs are unaccounted for, and the men verbally abused and threatened students who were filming to gather evidence.