Emergency rescue, road clearance underway after mudslide in Xizang

A Y-20 transport aircraft of the western theater command takes off at an airport in southwest China on Aug. 27, 2026. 

A directing group from the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been dispatched to the Xizang Autonomous Region in southwest China on Thursday morning to coordinate joint rescue operations by military personnel in mudslide-hit Gyirong County. 

Carried by the Y-20 transport aircraft of the western theater command, the group will organize military forces to assist in disaster relief efforts. (Photo by Song Zhengsheng/Xinhua)