China: magnitude-7 earthquake strikes northern Tibet, killing at least 16 in the Nagqu region

• Russia

  «Moscow is relaying the Chinese toll from the Tibetan earthquake and is first addressing it as a consular matter: no Russians among the victims, according to the embassy in Beijing.»

  What each one tells

  opposition

  Switzerland

  «Bern relays a report that comes almost exclusively from Chinese state media: the Swiss press reports the Tibet earthquake, specifying at each stage who provides the figures.»

• Russia

  Consular

  «the narrative prioritizes the situation of Russian nationals before the local toll.»

  What the account puts first

  Switzerland

  of territorial control

  «the narrative qualifies the region from the outset by its Chinese administrative status.»

  Relies on state media

  «the human and material toll is based on Chinese official agencies and channels, with no independent corroboration mentioned.»

• Russia

  Reliance on a single source

  «the dispatch relies on the Chinese agency for the toll.»

  What it leans on

  Russia only

  Switzerland

  this perspective does not carry this information

and the figures

• 16 dead

  TASS

  Number of deaths

  deaths

  same figure

  at least 16 dead

  Le Temps

• 32 injured

  TASS

  Number of injured

  injured

  different figures

  46 injured

  Le Temps