Shanghai cancels lantern festival after stampede
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 11, 2015 - China's commercial hub Shanghai has cancelled a popular annual outdoor festival over safety concerns, after a New Year's eve stampede in the city killed 36 people. Organisers called off the lantern festival event at the Yu Gardens "based on considerations of safety," they said on an official microblog on Saturday. A New Year's stampede on the city's historic waterfront killed at least 36 ... more
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