The 2010 Gansu mudslide Catastrophe was a deadly mudslide Catastrophe in Zhouqu County , Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , China that occurred Coming_to_be at 12 midnight on 8 August 2010 .

There had been a series of violent border incidents Hostile_encounter after the 1959 Tibetan uprising Change_of_leadership , when India had granted Giving asylum to the Dalai Lama .

The Tibetan Ganden Phodrang regime , which was then under administrative rule Control of the Qing dynasty , remained Temporary_stay the only Himalayan state free of British influence .

The bridge , situated Placing over the Dadu River in Luding County , Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Sichuan , China , was located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an and was a river crossing Motion_directional vital to the Red Army .

The whole community greets the Sun as they listen Perception_active to Tibetan chants and guest Traveling musicians on the grassy hill .