https://www.scmp.com/rss/317383/feed At least 36 people were killed and 49 injured in a tragic stampede in Shanghai's popular riverfront tourist zone of the Bund shortly before midnight on December 31, 2014. Most of the victims were young people in the 20s going to watch a New Year light show on the Bund. Shanghai authorities came under criticism for its failure to manage the crowds after the incident. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang Police in multiple Chinese cities have issued pre-emptive notices stating that no official New Year’s Eve countdowns will be held at popular landmarks, as they prioritise public safety and order ahead of the holiday. This coordinated messaging, consistent with recent years, emerged through a flurry of police notices issued on Tuesday and Wednesday. It reflects a cautious strategy by authorities to prevent a recurrence of tragedies like the 2014 Shanghai stampede. Authorities in major Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338297/multiple-chinese-cities-curb-public-new-years-eve-countdowns-police-stress-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338297/multiple-chinese-cities-curb-public-new-years-eve-countdowns-police-stress-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:34:33 +0000 Shanghai authorities have further tightened their grip on the city’s media, with specific orders given about speculations on changes in government ranks. The gag order, handed down in December, comes as provincial chiefs and ministers from around the country quietly jockey for promotions ahead of the next party congress in 2017, when several Politburo Standing Committee members will retire. Senior media sources in Shanghai said they believed the crackdown was ordered by Han Zheng, the city’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899793/shanghai-tightens-grip-citys-media-it-bans-speculation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1899793/shanghai-tightens-grip-citys-media-it-bans-speculation?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:59:34 +0000 Thousands of security personnel were deployed on the streets of Shanghai on New Year’s Eve to ensure the safety of revellers a year after 36 people were killed in a crush during last year’s celebrations. More than 50,000 police, firefighters and security volunteers patrolled the streets to maintain order. The usual fireworks and lights shows were called off to ensure safety at landmarks around the city. Tens of thousands, however, still flocked to the Bund on the riverside, the scene of last... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1896969/thousands-police-deployed-shanghai-new-years-eve-one-year-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1896969/thousands-police-deployed-shanghai-new-years-eve-one-year-after?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jan 2016 04:58:32 +0000 There was a muted feel to New Year celebrations in many mainland cities, as the nation reflected on a year with its share of tragedies, and authorities took a cautious approach amid rising security concerns. At venues across the country, events were cancelled, or security tightened, though official celebrations went ahead in Beijing. The central government would continue to support One Country, Two Systems and the prosperity of Hong Kong, President Xi Jinping told the New Year tea gathering of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1896903/hong-kong-parties-blaze-fireworks-new-years-eve?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1896903/hong-kong-parties-blaze-fireworks-new-years-eve?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:45:00 +0000 One year on from a deadly stampede on Shanghai’s Bund, many relatives of the victims are trying to avoid reliving the trauma by treating the anniversary as any other day. “No, we won’t have commemorative activities on the one-year anniversary day,” said Mei Jing, whose 19-year-old brother Mei Hechun died in the stampede. Tens of thousands of people had been gathered in the Bund area to celebrate New Year’s Eve last year when the crush began. The crowd were expecting to see a light show, but it... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1896902/new-years-eve-some-shanghai-anniversary-too-much-bear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1896902/new-years-eve-some-shanghai-anniversary-too-much-bear?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:30:00 +0000 Shanghai is toning down Chinese New Year celebrations by cancelling events and limiting people at tourist spots after a stampede killed 36 people seven weeks earlier. Revellers, many of them young women, were trampled to death on New Year’s Eve after flocking to the historic riverfront, known as the Bund, a popular tourist destination. Police on foot patrol and driving golf cart-like vehicles kept an eye on tourists who flocked to the Bund on Wednesday, the eve of the traditional festival. Large... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1718053/shanghai-curtail-chinese-new-year-celebrations-after-deadly-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1718053/shanghai-curtail-chinese-new-year-celebrations-after-deadly-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:24:09 +0000 The Shanghai New Year's Eve crush that left 36 dead showed "critical neglect", the mayor of the mainland's commercial hub said yesterday, while insisting that those responsible had been held accountable. New year revellers, many of them young women, were trampled after flocking to the historic waterfront area known as the Bund because of severe overcrowding and the lack of adequate safety measures. "The New Year's Eve incident has exposed critical neglect and hazards in Shanghai's safety... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1691181/shanghai-stampede-officials-held-accountable-accident-killed-36-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1691181/shanghai-stampede-officials-held-accountable-accident-killed-36-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2015 05:08:03 +0000 Investigations of man-made tragedies should provide answers for the relatives of the victims, ensure accountability from those who failed to prevent them and recommendations that are properly implemented so that there can never be a repeat. The report into the deaths of 36 people in a stampede on Shanghai's Bund on New Year's Eve has covered the first and last of these, but is lacking when it comes to authorities taking responsibility. Rightly, the city's vice-mayor has apologised, four district... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1689439/restore-public-trust-there-must-be-true-accountability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1689439/restore-public-trust-there-must-be-true-accountability?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:15:15 +0000 Zhou Wei, the Huangpu district party chief who is to be sacked over Shanghai's New Year's Eve stampede, was also found using public funds to pay for an expensive meal minutes before the deadly tragedy, the city's anti-graft agency said yesterday. The agency said Zhou and five other officials violated the party's rules on extravagant and wasteful spending. They consumed food and drinks that cost 2,700 yuan (about HK$3,410) and left without paying, it said. All the party officials had received... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688655/party-chief-dined-free-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688655/party-chief-dined-free-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:38:34 +0000 Families of revellers killed in Shanghai's New Year's Eve stampede will each receive 800,000 yuan (HK$1.01 million) in compensation, the Huangpu district government announced on Wednesday night after three weeks of silence on the issue. The authorities said those injured in the stampede would be given payouts depending on the severity of their injuries, according to a statement on the district authority's official microblog. The compensation for the deaths is in line with guidelines from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688654/compensation-victims-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688654/compensation-victims-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:00:00 +0000 Relatives of the 36 people who died in the New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai have still yet to hear if they will receive compensation after the disaster. The issue was not raised during a press conference into the causes of the fatal crush on the city’s riverfront and officials did not reply when journalists pressed them on the matter. “You didn’t answer questions about compensation,” several reporters shouted at the end of the press briefing on Wednesday. Officials sitting on the platform... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688361/government-officials-silent-over-compensation-victims-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688361/government-officials-silent-over-compensation-victims-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:00:45 +0000 Blame for the deaths of 36 people in Shanghai on New Year's Eve was placed squarely on the shoulders of Huangpu district officials yesterday when the city government released the results of its investigation into the deadly stampede. But state media and the victims' families questioned why the municipal authorities escaped responsibility for what was one of the worst tragedies of its kind in China in recent years. The investigation report also revealed that 771 police and 180 security guards... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688199/four-shanghai-officials-be-sacked-over-new-year-stampede-killed-36?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1688199/four-shanghai-officials-be-sacked-over-new-year-stampede-killed-36?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:45:15 +0000 China’s financial hub of Shanghai said Sunday it was canceling its famed Lunar New Year lantern festival in the wake of a stampede that left 36 people dead. The announcement illustrates the spreading effects of the January 1 disaster, in which surging crowds trampled people along the city’s legendary Bund riverfront walkway. Events as far away as in Beijing have been canceled and security tightened in subway stations and other crowded public spaces. The upcoming three-day festival in the city’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1678414/shanghai-nixes-famed-lantern-festival-after-deadly-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1678414/shanghai-nixes-famed-lantern-festival-after-deadly-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:13:46 +0000 The Shanghai government says it is still trying to discover the cause of the deadly New Year’s Eve stampede that claimed the lives of 36 people, The Beijing News reports. The newspaper also questioned the State Council’s absence from the official investigation into the incident, at the city’s historic Bund waterfront, which injured a further 49 people. “According to previous incidents, accidents involving the death of more than 30 people are categorised as ‘seriously significant accidents’ and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1676868/search-cause-shanghai-stampede-goes-state-councils-absence-inquiry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1676868/search-cause-shanghai-stampede-goes-state-councils-absence-inquiry?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:15:30 +0000 Dozens of relatives of the people killed in the Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede were taken to the scene of the disaster amid tight security yesterday morning. Mourners were driven in groups to Chen Yi Square on the riverfront to lay flowers and pay their respects. Thirty-six people were killed in the stampede last Wednesday as huge crowds gathered to watch a light show on the Bund. Most of the journalists covering the aftermath of the disaster are from overseas. Reporters working for mainland... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674951/relatives-victims-shanghai-new-year-stampede-mourn-dead-scene-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674951/relatives-victims-shanghai-new-year-stampede-mourn-dead-scene-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:45:45 +0000 A middle school teacher in Zhuhai has apologised after his inappropriate remarks about Shanghai’s deadly New Year’s Eve stampede sparked public fury, the Southern Metropolis News reports. Liu Xingliang has deleted the comments he posted on his microblog in the past week, but a print-screen copy of his latest microblog showed that on January 1 he wrote: “There are too many such accidents in China! Their death is good. “They didn’t cherish their own lives and there is no rationale behind other... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674925/teacher-apologises-after-their-death-good-comments-shanghais-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674925/teacher-apologises-after-their-death-good-comments-shanghais-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:45:45 +0000 Families of those killed in Shanghai's New Year's Eve stampede have been told they can conduct funerals for the victims, but some are hesitating for fear that doing so will affect their demands for compensation as well as answers to who is to blame. The relatives said they would not hold funerals for the victims because the government had yet to announce the cause of the tragedy or how much they would receive for the death of their loved ones. "All these critical things have yet to be confirmed... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674853/families-victims-shanghai-stampede-fear-lack-answers-and-compensation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674853/families-victims-shanghai-stampede-fear-lack-answers-and-compensation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:45:15 +0000 Shanghai's New Year's Eve stampede and a warehouse fire in the Heilongjiang city of Harbin that claimed the lives of five firefighters have been portrayed by officials as accidents. Both fit that definition, being unplanned and not intended, but there the similarities end. If rules and regulations had been followed, had there been inspections and policing, the terrible loss of life could have been avoided. It is a matter of urban management. The problem is a familiar one for fast-developing... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1674840/tragic-lessons-fro-shanghai-stampede-and-harbin-fire-are-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1674840/tragic-lessons-fro-shanghai-stampede-and-harbin-fire-are-no?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:15:45 +0000 A university in Xian sparked controversy after claiming the deadly New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai had vindicated its earlier decision to ban its students from celebrating Christmas. Mainland media had initially criticised the Modern College of Northwest University’s arrangements over Christmas – including forcing students to watch patriotic propaganda films on Christmas Eve. However, after the Shanghai stampede – in which at least 36 people were killed and 49 injured after pushing broke out... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674115/deadly-shanghai-new-years-eve-stampede-vindicates-universitys-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674115/deadly-shanghai-new-years-eve-stampede-vindicates-universitys-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:45:45 +0000 Dozens of relatives of those killed in the New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai protested outside the gate of the municipal government building yesterday, demanding that the authorities compensate them and let them take the bodies of their loved ones home. Many of the victims' bodies are still being kept in funeral homes by the authorities as investigation into the stampede continues, but the bodies of two foreigners - a Malaysian and a Taiwanese - have already been sent home. Local families... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674072/chinese-families-demand-release-shanghai-stampede-victims-bodies-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1674072/chinese-families-demand-release-shanghai-stampede-victims-bodies-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:15:15 +0000 Shanghai police have interrogated dozens of people who posted comments online about the deadly New Year's Eve stampede, an officer has told the Sunday Morning Post, in an apparent drive to contain public criticism against the authorities. The questioning came as the municipal government began to negotiate with victims' families about compensation levels, according to a friend of one of the deceased. "The accident caused hundreds of policemen to work extra hours," said the local officer, who... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673611/online-critics-officials-handling-shanghai-stampede-tragedy-hauled?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673611/online-critics-officials-handling-shanghai-stampede-tragedy-hauled?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:15:30 +0000 A mainland photojournalist at the scene of the New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai sensed something was wrong minutes before the crush began. Recalling his narrow brush with death, Guo Xianzhong, 36, a Southern Metropolis News photographer visiting from Guangzhou, said the Bund seemed overcrowded as he waited to ring in the new year. Guo was able to escape the crush and the photographs and video he took from the centre of the stampede captured the incident in vivid detail, going viral... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673163/photographer-captures-big-picture-centre-shanghai-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673163/photographer-captures-big-picture-centre-shanghai-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:15:15 +0000 Police set up a security cordon around Chen Yi Square to control thousands of Shanghai residents and visitors who streamed into the area to pay tribute to victims of the New Year's Eve stampede. Several hundred paramilitary police, carrying shields and road blocks, were seen arriving and forming lines in the square yesterday afternoon. Mourners were allowed through a single entrance, in single file, to lay flowers on a patch of grass below the statue of Chen Yi, a famed military... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673162/security-ring-thrown-around-square-thousands-seek-pay-tribute-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673162/security-ring-thrown-around-square-thousands-seek-pay-tribute-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:15:15 +0000 Tragedy has again tempered a time of hope and optimism with mass mourning. Think of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, the 2012 National Day ferry disaster and the 1992-93 New Year's Eve stampede in Lan Kwai Fong. Sadly our thoughts and prayers are needed again this festive season, this time for the victims, families and friends of the 36 people who lost their lives in the New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai's riverside area. President Xi Jinping reflected the national mood of shock and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1673161/effective-crowd-control-must?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1673161/effective-crowd-control-must?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:06:02 +0000 Shanghai authorities have brought down a wall of strict censorship on local coverage of Wednesday night's deadly stampede, as questions mount over how such a tragedy could have occurred in the mainland's wealthiest and best-managed city. Local sources said the censorship was "unprecedented and harsh" and officials were worried that they could be blamed for the stampede that killed at least 36 people. A police source said many Huangpu district officials and police were likely to lose their jobs... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673119/censors-suppress-shanghai-stampede-coverage-blame-game-begins?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1673119/censors-suppress-shanghai-stampede-coverage-blame-game-begins?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:29:51 +0000 A group of young people who tried to stop the riverside stampede in Shanghai on New Year’s Eve that killed 36 people have been praised on social media in China, with internet users saying their actions saved many lives. A video has been widely shared online showing youngsters shouting to people crowding to see a light show on the Bund to “Go back” and waving their hands to signal to New Year revellers to move away from the area. Watch: Young heroes save lives during New Year's Eve stampede in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672906/heroes-who-helped-saved-lives-shanghai-new-year-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672906/heroes-who-helped-saved-lives-shanghai-new-year-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:15:45 +0000 Shanghai police admitted yesterday that they underestimated just how many people would crowd into the city's historic riverside area where a New Year's Eve stampede killed at least 36 people, deploying fewer officers than for other major events. Witnesses said the tragedy could have been prevented if police had managed the crowd as it had in the past. "The tragedy could have been avoided if enough police officers had been dispatched to maintain order," Ma Xiaobang, a witness in his early... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672869/shanghai-police-admit-underestimating-crowd-ahead-new-years-eve-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672869/shanghai-police-admit-underestimating-crowd-ahead-new-years-eve-tragedy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:15:00 +0000 People caught up in the stampede in Shanghai on New Year's Eve said the chaos unfolded quickly, with screams ringing out in the darkness as pushing escalated and panicked revellers began climbing over others in an attempt to escape. The crowd grew congested on a stairway leading to a terrace from about 11.30pm, they said. People along the Bund were surging towards the terrace hoping to get a better view and a bottleneck formed as some tried to go down the stairs while others were pushing their... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672853/witnesses-tell-how-shanghai-bund-chaos-erupted-within-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672853/witnesses-tell-how-shanghai-bund-chaos-erupted-within-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:15:00 +0000 It was not the first time a New Year's Eve spectacular had been staged on Shanghai's historic Bund, nor were the city's police unfamiliar with controlling large crowds - facts that leave authorities wondering what was different this time that led to Wednesday's tragedy. While it was the first "5D light display" held, similar events - which also attracted huge crowds - had been staged at the same location in the previous four years. Wednesday's display was supposed to run from 11pm to 12.10am.... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672855/new-year-gala-was-much-same-any-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672855/new-year-gala-was-much-same-any-other?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:15:00 +0000 The stampede in Shanghai is reminiscent of the tragedy that killed 21 new year revellers in one of Hong Kong's most popular bar districts 22 years ago. The life was crushed out of 21 people on the narrow streets in Central's Lan Kwai Fong just minutes into the first day of 1993. An estimated 20,000 revellers were crammed around the intersection of D'Aguilar Street and Lan Kwai Fong alley for the new year countdown. Witnesses said most people were initially well behaved but crowds started to sway... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672848/shanghai-stampede-brings-back-memories-hong-kongs-1993-lan-kwai-fong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672848/shanghai-stampede-brings-back-memories-hong-kongs-1993-lan-kwai-fong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:18:34 +0000 It never occurred to Zhu Zhihua that he would experience such chaos in the city in which he and his friends had long hoped of living and working. The 23-year-old man came to Shanghai with three friends from his hometown in Jiangxi province just a few days ago to look for a job, only for two of the friends to go missing in the deadly New Year’s Eve stampede. It took Zhu 10 hours of searching and waiting at various hospitals to find one of them, Wang Xiuxiu, who was being treated in Ruijin... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672846/chaos-families-struggle-find-out-fate-shanghai-stampede-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672846/chaos-families-struggle-find-out-fate-shanghai-stampede-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:13:05 +0000 December 31 8pm People start to gather in The Bund area, China News Service reports, citing the Huangpu district police commander. 11.30pm A witness hears women and children scream as people are crushed together near Chen Yi Square, and unease starts to spread through the crowd, according to the Southern Metropolis News. Police spot unusual pedestrian movements near the square. They detect that “people have stopped moving” and dispatch 500 officers to the scene, China News Service reports,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672839/timeline-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672839/timeline-shanghai-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:08:12 +0000 Du Yijun was one of many university students who headed to Shanghai’s Chen Yi Square for the New Year countdown, but she did not survive to see in 2015. The 20-year-old second-year student from prestigious Fudan University  lost her life when celebration turned to disaster. Du  hailed from Yunnan province and was studying at Fudan’s school of social development and public policy. She was the chairwoman of the university’s Yanxi Han clothing association, a student body to promote traditional... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672832/shanghai-students-life-comes-tragic-end-new-years-countdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672832/shanghai-students-life-comes-tragic-end-new-years-countdown?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:02:51 +0000 With at least 35 people dead and 48 injured, the chaotic New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai is the latest in a list of several tragic incidents during the last ten years. Watch: New Year stampede kills 35 in Shanghai In chronological order, here are some of the worst stampedes of the 21st century, with 100 or more deaths and injuries.  May 9, 2001 - 126 were killed during a football match in Ghana's Accra Sports Stadium after police fired tear gas at rioters. February 20, 2003 - 100 were... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1672652/factbox-worst-stampedes-21st-century?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1672652/factbox-worst-stampedes-21st-century?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:15:45 +0000 Shanghai police on Thursday said that the stampede killing 36 people in the city's historic riverside area on the New Year's eve was not triggered by coupons thrown from a nearby building. The police said on its official microblog account that the coupons were thrown after the stampede and only a handful of people came forward to pick them up. Some social media reports initially suggested that the stampede might have been caused by a large amount of banknotes raining down from a nearby building.... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672633/least-35-dead-42-injured-shanghai-new-years-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1672633/least-35-dead-42-injured-shanghai-new-years-stampede?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:55:11 +0000