China confirms identities of 36 stampede deaths
Mon, Jan 05, 2015
by Bloomberg
Chinese authorities confirmed the identities of the 36 people who died in a stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai as the metropolis of 23 million engaged in citywide safety checks.
More than two-thirds of the fatalities were female, according to a statement on the city government’s official microblog.
The youngest was a 12-year-old boy.
Victims included students of Fudan University, East China Normal University and East China University of Political Science, Xinhua news agency reported, citing unidentified people.
The incident has dealt “a heavy blow” to Shanghai’s image, state media Chinanews.com said in a commentary on New Year’s Day.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) ordered an investigation and told local governments to prioritize safety as the nation prepares for mass celebrations for the Lunar New Year next month.
Local authorities started emergency safety inspections across Shanghai on New Year’s Day, according to a statement on the city government’s Web site on Saturday.
The metropolis canceled several New Year’s events including a light show and concert as it deployed resources to public areas where crowds are expected, it said.
The disaster was Shanghai’s deadliest since a highrise apartment building fire in 2010 that left 58 people dead.
Inadequate surveillance and shoddy construction standards were the cause of that inferno, according to then-mayor Han Zheng (韓正), who has since been promoted to the city’s highest-ranking Communist Party official.
In Hong Kong, on New Year’s Eve, 1993, 20 people, mostly teenagers, died and 71 were injured in a stampede in the Lan Kwai Fong entertainment district, the South China Morning.
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WHO-Chinese authorities
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WHAT-confirmed the identities of the 36 people who died in a stampede on New Year’s Eve
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WHERE-not given
HOW-stampede
Keywords：
1. metropoli:都市報
2. engage in ：參與
3. microblog ：微博
4. fatality：死亡人數
5. prioritize：優先考慮
6. inspection：檢查
7. stampede：踩踏
8. highrise：高層
Every year there is a problem in China. The goverment should take action to solve this!
回覆刪除that was really unfortunate that happened such the sad thing during Chinese New Year
回覆刪除The government should solve this tragedy from happening again.
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