in recent days Beijing tianin and other parts of China have been devastated by unprecedented rainfall thousands of people have lost their homes and floods have washed away entire communities amid the chaos there are countless casualties and missing individuals but the story doesn't end with the floods in bajo and lung fun cities Hub Province hundreds of people gathered in front of the city government buildings demanding answers and compensation They Carried banners that read give me back my home the protesters were not just angry at the Reign they believed something more Sinister was at play the authorities responded swiftly deploying armed police and Special Forces to suppress the demonstrations despite this the images and videos of the protests quickly spread online on August 27th local internet users shared these scenes sparking National outrage on the same day CCTV China State broadcaster published an article titled Heavy Rain causes some villages to submerge all trapped individuals rescued the report claimed that the flooding in bajo was purely the result of heavy rain downplaying any other causes but the residents knew better they believed that the government had deliberately sacrificed bajo to protect Beijing a city with far greater political and economic significance rescue teams on the ground echoed this sentiment accusing CCTV of putting on a show faced with growing public dissatisfaction the baju municipal Party Committee and City authorities finally admitted the truth on August 28th in a letter to the villagers they revealed that since 2 a.m. on August 21st Hub Province had activated floodwater containment and storage in the ddan area which lies between Hub and Tian Jin the letter praised the villagers for following orders and evacuating their homes without hesitation this letter was an admission the floods in bajo were not just a result of heavy rain but of a deliberate flood release local internet users quickly condemned cctv's misleading report on webo China's popular social media platform people voiced their anger accusing the Chinese Communist Party of shamelessly distorting the truth