CHINA-INTERNAL: STAMPEDE IN SHANGHAI
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In what is being described as perhaps the worst mass stampede in three decades, reports till the morning of Jan 1, 2015, state that 35 deaths have been confirmed and more than 40 persons injured in the mass stampede that happened at midnight on New Year Eve in Shanghai Bund area. Shanghai Party Secretary Han Zheng, considered to be a rising star and possible candidate for Premiership the next time, has been placed in charge of rescue work. Injured persons have been sent to Shanghai No.1 People's Hospital.
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