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SEVENTEEN people were killed and five injured in the fire and blast on a bus in Nanjing, capital city of East China¡¯s Jiangsu Province on February 22, the Nanjing Morning Post reported.
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- Week in brief
shanghai
- Bubbling, but solidly
SHANGHAI is once again being listed among the cities where real bubble risks are detected in the property sector, though an imminent bursting of the bubbles is unlikely, according to a recent study by Citigroup.
- Property auction price hits new high
THE city¡¯s biggest public land auction was held February 22, disposing of 26,800 square metres of land in the city¡¯s downtown area.
- Dazhong to expand bus fleet
LOCAL residents can look forward to more new buses this year as Dazhong Transportation Company adds 300 Hino buses to its downtown routes.
- City plans to boost service industries
SHANGHAI municipal government on February 22 unveiled its outline for speeding up the development of modern service industries.
- Amateur developers
THREE young people plan to collect money and build houses by themselves. To realize this dream, two of them have quit their jobs, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
- Witness to barbarism dies at 96
THE last Chinese ¡°comfort woman?in Shanghai died on February 20 in Chongming County.
- City sees more young mothers
A 16-year-old girl gave birth in a toilet at Shanghai No 6 Hospital on February 20. After receiving treatment, both the young mother and the baby were in good condition, the Xinmin Evening News reported.
- Suspected murderer of 5 apprehended
THE city was shocked by the killing of five family members at their home in Pudong¡¯s Gaohang Town on February 16. Forty-eight hours after the murders, a suspect was caught by the police, the Xinmin Evening News reported.
- Education gap still wide
A RECENT survey, conducted by the Ministry of Education, found that the number of rural students studying in the country¡¯s key universities has decreased every year over the past decade.
- Numbers of the week
69 million
- A game of figures
THE less than satisfactory employment situation in China seems to be having little effect on the job-hunting of university students, despite the continuous expansion of recruitment in recent years, recent figures suggest.
- 50b yuan shortfall in mine safety funding
CHINA¡¯S coal mine safety administration announced a glaring 50 billion yuan (US$6 billion) shortfall in coal mine safety funding as the death toll from a disaster in northeastern China rose to 214.
- Mystery bus blast kills 17
SEVENTEEN people were killed and five injured in the fire and blast on a bus in Nanjing, capital city of East China¡¯s Jiangsu Province on February 22, the Nanjing Morning Post reported.
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