China: Nepali merchants choose to stay in Gyirong to rebuild lives after mudslide.

Shotlist Gyirong Town, Gyirong County, Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of Saga Tsering Tamang, gift show owner, sorting goods at shop; talking with reporters 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Saga Tsering Tamang, gift show owner (partially overlaid with shots 3-5): "When I suddenly hear the news, I frequently try to contact my home people, and I said to them that China government has helped us with food, medicals, and all the management is good here. You should not worry about us, but you should take care of you and your family. Migration post police, and they report us, and they talk to us with 'If you have any problem, you can come here and told us, and if you want to go back to Nepal, we will took you to Nepal,' and this very thankful to China government." ++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 3. Aerial shots of valley, river running 4. Various of local officials providing supplies, medicines, health checks to residents 5. Reporter listening ++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 6. Rajendra Ghatani, silver bowl shop owner, working 7. Ghatani holding bowl 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rajendra Ghatani, silver bowl shop owner: "I'm very comfortable in this town. I feel safe here. I feel almost good here." 9. Various of bowls 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Saga Tsering Tamang, gift show owner (partially overlaid with shot 11): "For Nepalese people of Rasuwa here [enjoy] free tax, with the low investment. We can get back to my hometown at two hours. I think this is the best opportunity for us." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 11. Various of goods of Tamang's shop ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 12. Various of clothes, gift shops; customers at shop 13. Residents talking on street 14. Buildings Storyline More than 1,300 Nepalese, including businesspeople, have chosen to stay in disaster-hit Gyirong Town in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region after devastating mudslides and floods struck the China-Nepal border, hoping to rebuild their lives and businesses. The massive mudslide, which was triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in neighboring Nepal, hit the Gyirong Port on Aug. 26, killing at least 43 and leaving 519 missing in the county, as search and rescue operations continue. Saga Tsering Tamang, who runs a gift shop and a restaurant with his family, recalled the moment he learned about the disaster and tried to reach his family back home. "When I suddenly hear that news, I frequently try to contact my home people, and I said to them that China government has helped us with food, medicals, and all the management is good here. You should not worry about us, but you should take care of you and your family. Migration post police, and they report us, and they talk to us with 'If you have any problem, you can come here and told us, and if you want to go back to Nepal, we will took you to Nepal,' and this very thankful to China government," he said. Rajendra Ghatani, who runs his family's silver bowl business, said Gyirong has become more than just a place to work for him. "I'm very comfortable in this town. I feel safe here. I feel almost good here," he said. Ghatani said the Nepalese living in Gyirong see the town as their anchor and a base from which to pursue their dream of expanding their businesses into other major cities. Tamang also pointed to Gyirong's proximity to Nepal and the relatively low cost of doing business there. "For Nepalese people of Rasuwa here [enjoy] free tax, with the low investment. We can get back to my hometown at two hours. I think this is the best opportunity for us," said Tamang. For centuries, Gyirong Port has been a hub of trade and friendship between China and Nepal. The disaster hit their businesses hard, yet these resilient Nepalese have chosen to stay, because this is still their land of dreams.