00:01About 20 Chinese rescuers continued searching for hundreds of people still missing after
00:07a tsunami-like mudslide destroyed China's main border crossing with Nepal.
00:11The Girong border crossing, which links Tibet and Nepal, has become a stark symbol of the
00:17devastation triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal side on August 26.
00:22More than 1,300 people were killed, and over 5,000 remained missing on both sides of the
00:28border.
00:29News agencies visited the land port on Sunday in the first trip organized for foreign media
00:35by China's foreign ministry.
00:37The five-story Chinese customs building that once stood at the border was gone, leaving
00:41little trace of the facility.
00:43Rows of flowers had instead been placed near the site as a tribute to those who died.
00:49As of Friday, 31 people had been confirmed dead on the Chinese side, while 531 remained missing.
00:56Chinese officials said 261 foreigners from 23 countries were among those unaccounted for.
01:03The high-altitude terrain has complicated rescue and recovery efforts, with Girong County averaging
01:09more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
01:12Along the road to Girong port, reconstruction work was already underway as authorities worked
01:18to repair infrastructure destroyed by the disaster.
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