Chinese Premier Visits Flooded Region; State-Run Media Reports Delayed

Chinese Premier Visits Flooded Region; State-Run Media Reports Delayed
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang participates in a press conference at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China, on Nov. 21, 2019. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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On Aug. 19 Chinese state-run media reported that Premier Li Keqiang’s Henan trip had started the day before, where at least 300 people were killed in floods in July.

Li started his trip on the morning of Aug. 18, visited the people whose houses had been submerged, the metro tunnel where passengers were killed by the flood, and the farmlands that had been inundated by floodwater.

Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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