英语新闻2014中国年度人物.ppt

36 killed in New Year stampede in Shanghai SHANGHAI -- Shanghai authorities have verified and unveiled all identities of the 36 victims killed in the Bund new year eve stampede, the governments press office said on Saturday. According to the victim list, 34 were residents of the Chinese mainland, 1 was from Taiwan and one was a Malaysian citizen. The youngest victim was 12 years old and the oldest was 37 years old. The stampede happened on Wednesday night as tens of thousands people assembled in Shanghais historic riverfront walk to see a new year skyline show in the Pudong financial area on the opposite side of the Huangpu River Police are investigating the cause of the stampede and the municipal government has set up a work team for rescue operations. The municipal government has been caught in the backwash of criticism for not making effective preparation measures to cope with the crowds that flocked to the Bund. HARBIN - The death toll of a fire in northeast China has climbed to five as the bodies of two missing firefighters were found, local authorities said on Saturday. In total, five firefighters were killed and another 14 injured in a warehouse blaze in Harbin city of northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, according to rescuers The age of the deceased ranged between 18 and 22. The firemen were buried by debris while trying to put out the fire, which burnt down the third floor of a market warehouse at the Beifangnanxun ceramics market at 9:37 p.m. on Friday, burying firemen on the second floor. The 14 injured firemen were rushed to hospital. Three of them were in critical condition The strong performance was partly boosted by its terminal equipment sales, which is projected to reach $11.8 billion in 2014, according to Hu at a New Year greetings statement. Huaweis smartphone shipments in 2014 is estimated to rose by more than 40 percent to 75 million, cementing Huaweis third place in the global smartphone market after Samsung and Apple. Huaweis smartp