23 Jul 2021

Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 23 July 2021

A year's worth of rain in just three days in China's Henan province has caused more than 30 deaths, the evacuation of 100,000 people and widespread devastation. Elizabeth also talks to Kathryn about the ongoing Olympic Games controversies and Hong Kong's anti-doxing privacy bill.

People ride in the waterlogging caused by rainstorm in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province.

People ride in the waterlogging caused by rainstorm in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province. Photo: AFP

Elizabeth Beattie is a journalist at Thomson Reuters, based in Hong Kong  

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