Milei official caused a diplomatic conflict with China

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Juan Pablo Carreira, Director of Digital Communication for the Government, attributed a collapse at a mega-hydroelectric plant on the border with Nepal to failures of the Chinese state organization, calling it the biggest civil construction disaster. The official linked this event to the management of communist regimes, which generated a strong reaction from the Chinese Embassy in Argentina. The Chinese diplomatic representation directly questioned Carreira, accusing him of spreading malicious rumors due to ideological prejudices to defame the Communist Party. The Embassy maintained that investigations point to the disaster being caused by the detachment of a Nepalese glacier, warning about the possible consequences for bilateral relations if natural catastrophes continue to be politicized.